Update: The Eno River Association and Innovation Resources Group worked together to develop our Strategic Conservation Plan for the Eno River and Little River watersheds. Click here for more details and our interactive story map. We will see transformational change in the Eno River watershed only with your help! Please join us now by providing feedback on our plan, giving generously, and volunteering your time.
We are excited to announce that we are embarking on a new project! We are developing a comprehensive strategic conservation plan that will center environmental justice and climate resilience goals within a prioritized plan for proactive natural, cultural, and historic resource protection across the entire Eno River basin. This plan will incorporate updated outcomes from past processes and new data to create the first comprehensive plan for the watershed. Key strategies will be used to engage the community and partnership organizations in helping prioritize for conservation – especially focusing on communities traditionally underrepresented in conservation planning and overrepresented in the impacts of climate change.
Since 1966, ERA has approached protection work primarily in reaction to the Eno River State Park Master Plan, land-owner requests, and outreach to properties directly adjacent to the river and major tributaries. With the expanding urban communities of nearby Durham and Raleigh, development pressure is moving deeper into our watershed. A strategic planning process begun in 2021 uncovered an essential and fundamental need for building our capacity to proactively support key resources across the basin, while incorporating expanded environmental justice and climate change goals.
If you are a consultant who is interested in this project, please see our RFQ. The deadline to submit proposals is June 9, 2023.
Photo: Todd Nance
