Just in time for the holidays, our Online Eno Store gives you the opportunity to shop local, online! Shop Eno Store favorites including: *Festival for the Eno posters, screen prints, and art *Eno Hats & T-shirts *Eno Bandanas — new colors released! *The 2021 Eno Calendar, our 50th anniversary edition! Plus, brand new merchandise […]
Ribbons of Color Along the Eno River
[…] provides platform for People of Color to share their Eno family history The Eno River Association announces the revival of their Eno Journal, now available for purchase online and thru local retail shops. Ribbons of Color Along the Eno River: The History of African Americans and People of Color Living on the Eno contains […]
Eno River Association has Expanded Our Confluence Natural Area!
[…] is thrilled to announce two recent land protection efforts that will increase the total area and property buffers at its 200-acre Confluence Natural Area. The Association has purchased nearly 70 acres to the west of the West Fork Eno River and has protected an additional 25 acres with a conservation easement on the adjacent […]
Eno River Association has expanded our Confluence Natural Area!
[…] is thrilled to announce two recent land protection efforts that will increase the total area and property buffers at its 200-acre Confluence Natural Area. The Association has purchased nearly 70 acres to the west of the West Fork Eno River and has protected an additional 25 acres with a conservation easement on the adjacent […]
NEW LAND PRESERVATION FUND IN ORANGE COUNTY
[…] new instrument in the conservation and protection of lands within the Eno River basin. The Roberta and Herman Brown Land Preservation Fund provides resources to maintain and purchase land and easements in Orange County. This fund was established through a nearly $2 million bequest from the estate of Joyce Brown, daughter of Roberta & […]
Celebrate Earth Day 2020
[…] Treasure Maps for the Confluence Natural Area …color a page from our coloring book …represent the Eno River (and support our work) with a purchase from our online store …become a member by making a gift to our 40-mile Challenge in honor of Earth Day …sing along with our I Love the Eno music […]
Statement on the Open Air Camp Road properties
[…] expansion. As a nonprofit entity, we are able to act quickly to protect the land and hold it for future transfer, when Park resources are available to purchase and maintain the properties. We have been instrumental in acquiring land and conservation easements to grow the Park to its current 4,500-acre footprint. From 1984 to […]
Tee Shirts and Posters for the holidays!
As a “Thanks” , we are offering shirts and posters at a big discount to our fabulous members! Posters are 1/2 price and range from $5 to $25. Tees are only $20! Quantities are limited. Availability is “first come-first served “. Read More…
Another Piece Added to the Park Puzzle
On December 30th, the Eno River Association acquired 6.4 acres of land for addition into the Eno River State Park. The property straddles the Durham – Orange county line off Sparger Road. The Association purchased the property from local landowner Curtis Crosby using funds donated to the Association’s Margaret C. Nygard Land Acquisition Fund. Many […]
Eno River Association and Orange County Protect Historic Farm Property
[…] with Orange County’s Lands Legacy Program, the North Carolina Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund, and the City of Raleigh’s Watershed Protection Program, has secured the purchase of a “working lands” conservation easement on a 57-acre historic property in Hillsborough. The easement serves the dual purpose of protecting prime farmland and protecting the […]
Fishing
[…] Roanoke bass, known as red-eye, which is found only in the Eno-Neuse, Tar, Chowan, and Roanoke rivers. All regulations of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission are en forced and each angler over age 16 must have a N.C. fishing license except children age 15 and under may fish anywhere in the park with any […]
Annual Member Meeting
[…] is rain or shine. Please join us to hear an update from Eno staff and board members, enjoy light refreshments, and be the first to see (and purchase!) our 2024 Eno River wall calendar! Business items will include approving last year’s annual meeting minutes, voting on the slate of new board members, and approving […]
Eno River Association Protects 96 Acres to Become Part of Eno River State Park
[…] since the Association was part of the alliance that worked to establish the park in 1973. The Association has since been instrumental in the land protection ef forts for the 4,500-acre park, especially in supporting the park’s master plan, which still has roughly 2,000 acres remaining to conserve. “These 96 acres have been a […]
Donate
[…] Eno River basin. Become a Sustaining Member with a monthly pledge Make a one-time donation to the Eno River Association Ways to Give Donor Member Benefits FAQs Online Give Now Phone (919) 620-9099 x201 Mail Eno River Association 4404 Guess Road Durham, NC 27712 Other ways to give: Give in Honor or Memory Honor […]
Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area
[…] far-sighted efforts of Allen and Pauline Lloyd. In the early 1960’s, soon after a mining operation opened on the eastern summit of the mountain ridge, the Lloyds purchased 66 critical acres to the west for preservation. Then in 1987 Cone Mills donated twenty-eight acres to the Town of Hillsborough, which established the Occoneechee Mountain […]
Conservation
[…] is accomplished by working in partnership with landowners to permanently protect important natural, cultural, and historical resources. We achieve protection in a variety of ways, including fee-simple purchase of lands for parks and nature preserves, as well as the use of conservation easements which leave the land in private hands while safeguarding its important conservation […]
Reasons to Save Black Meadow Ridge at West Point on the Eno City Park
[…] Durham City Park and further hereby strongly advocates against the building of the current proposed “Eno Village” development on Black Meadow Ridge and welcomes the opportunity to purchase the property at a fair and reasonable price. Honor her legacy with a donation to the Margaret C. Nygard Land Acquisition Fund Named in honor of […]
Picnicking
[…] sites, 10 of which are handicapped accessible. An accessible water fountain and restrooms are nearby. An accessible picnic shelter with 12-tables, firepit, and grills can be reserved online through ReserveAmerica. Cole Mill Access has 10 first-come-first-served picnic tables, 4 with grills. Drinking water and an accessible toilet are nearby. A group picnic area includes […]
iWalk the Eno
[…] that we may consider for scholarship needs. If you think you qualify for a scholarship we recommend you contact us directly for a scholarship application before registering online. We can still do it if you register for iWalk online first, and a confirmation e-mail will come with a link to the scholarship application. A […]
Panther Branch Natural Area Opens
NEWEST ADDITION TO THE ENO RIVER PARKS NETWORK A collective vision to trans form 56 acres of family-owned forest into a publicly accessible riverfront hiking area has become a reality. Panther Branch Natural Area in unincorporated Efland will celebrate its opening on Earth Day, April 22 – the culmination of six years of work […]
Catharine Link Dunnagan
[…] / Born / Mch 7, 1826 / Died / Jan. 6, 1914”. Later, he found her obituary in the Durham Sun. Mrs. Dunnagan, mother of Mr. E.D. Dunnagan, formerly of West Durham, now of Fayetteville, died at her home near the pumping station yesterday morning at 10 o’clock. Mrs. Dunnagan was a very old woman, […]
A Community of Men and Mills
[…] Bennehan, and Cameron mills were operated this way for years. Not wages but maintenance reduced mill profits. A mill owner could calculate capital investment, grinding averages, market prices, and wages with accuracy; for other factors – a good mill seat; amount and pressure of water; the size of the wheel, stones, and gearing; and […]
The Cole Family
[…] of the Durham County Library. All rights reserved. In the hard times after the defeat of Culloden in 1746 many family groups, even whole villages, left Scotland for America. In the shipping lists of 1776 the McColes are prominent from Apine and Glenurchy in Argyll, Scotland. They sailed on the Jupiter and landed at […]
A Peek into Neuse River Waterdog Research in the Eno!
[…] found one in the Flat River, but none in the Eno. Nonetheless, I’d like to tell you about our experience! First, I’ll provide a little background in formation. The Neuse River waterdog (Necturus lewisi) is an aquatic salamander species endemic to the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico River Basins. This means they are found nowhere else […]