I am fortunate right now to get to go walk a lot at the various nature parks around the Triangle area - and recently I've been just fascinated and delighted by all the dam beavers I'm seeing in the creeks that feed the #enoriver
From Buckwater Creek in Eno State Park to an iced-over Stony Creek in the Brumley North Natural Area to what I think is the West Fork of the Eno before it becomes the Eno proper in the Confluence Natural Area - which is the best damn dam of them all.
A park ranger and student? volunteer? passed behind me and I got to talk to them a bit - they mentioned this was the first controlled burn in that part of the park they've done (it's been closed off since #chantal giving park staff a rare opportunity to do this without impacting visitors)
He mentioned he was looking forward to see how the forest responds.
I said "me too."
I remembered to get a panorama. It was the perfect spot on the river for it. #durham #eno #enoriver
Lovely afternoon for a history hike on the #EnoRiver! In addition to our friendly and knowledgeable #EnoRiverAssociation guide, we were fortunate to have two local genealogy enthusiasts who had each traced their personal ancestry in the area back to the pre-Revolutionary War era. And of course it turned out that they were distantly related...
A wealth of local lore on a glorious sunny day - what better way to spend a Sunday afternoon?
Lovely hike on the Cole Mill and Bobbitt Hole trails at the #EnoRiver with @honusharp, Donald, and their goldendoodle Arwen this morning!
Saw a bunch of frogs, turtles, fish, and butterflies, as well as one smol snek. This Eastern Pondhawk decided I made an acceptable perch in the sunny parking lot, too!
Jay Young
Lisa Lorenzin (she/her)
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Holden Richards