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Fearrington resident Dianne Birch has walked along a creek near her house for years. Over the past one to two years in particular, she and her walking-mate Ellen Roberts have noticed the creek's banks eroding quickly. The waters have become murky with runoff and silt, she said, and trees have begun to fall because their roots have no support system.
Who is monitoring the erosion and water quality of these waterways, and if the clear-cutting of trees for the Briar Chapel construction sites off route 15-501 have anything to do with these ecological changes. This article features the changes to the Creekwood Creek located in Fearrington Village and to the pond, which is called Beechmast Pond.
