Eno Zoom Backgrounds
Bring your friends and family to the Eno by using these backgrounds on your next Zoom call. What’s your favorite? Consider joining us to help protect these beautiful spaces by making your membership gift. Instructions for Use: Download your favorite picture by clicking on the thumbnail below to enlarge it on your screen. Right click […]
Eno River State Park
Park Office Address: 6101 Cole Mill Road Durham, NC 27705 Hours: Vary by location Activities and Attractions: Partnering with the Nature Conservancy, the State of North Carolina, the City of Durham, and Durham and Orange Counties, the Eno River Association was able to create the Eno River State Park in 1973. Since then, the Association has worked […]
2020 Festival for the Eno Canceled
It is with deep sadness that we announce the cancellation of the 41st Festival for the Eno, scheduled for July 3 and 4, 2020. We do this following much thoughtful deliberation and in consultation with our many partners including the City of Durham, Orange and Durham Counties, NC State Parks, and many local participants, sponsors, […]
Affiliated Hike: Black Meadow Ridge Hike
SuperEno
IN MAY: MORE THAN A MILE PROTECTED
Panthers Branch, just upstream from its confluence with the Eno River On Monday, May 17, the Eno River Association acquired 56 acres and over a mile of riparian corridors along the Upper Eno and two tributary streams in Orange County. The move will safeguard local drinking water and further the protection of undeveloped forestland in […]
Celebrate Earth Day 2020
There are so many ways to celebrate our beloved river and our earth today, and we hope you’ll take part in at least one of them: …download our 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 […]
Durham City Residents Can Vote for the Eno
Eno Expands Educational Programming
Duke Energy Awards Eno River Association $15,000 for Environmental Education
Eno Summer Programs Registration is OPEN!
Take a Hike with BING-ENO!
Start the New Year off right! Hike the Eno! Win prizes! Stay safe!!! Join us along the Eno from January 2nd through March 31st with our new BING-ENO game! Learn more and download your BING-ENO card today: www.enoriver.org/bing-eno
Ribbons of Color Along the Eno River
The Association 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 […]
Welcoming New Staff!
Thank you friends!
Thanks to your generous support, we’ve hit our 2020 year-end goals and can start 2021 strong and stable in the face of continued uncertainty. It has been a challenging year for so many, but the Eno has seen record visitation and our Association, strong participation from neighbors like you. With the final push from our […]
Dave Cook Receives Governor’s Order of the Long Leaf Pine
Dave G. Cook, retiring Education & Outreach Coordinator for the Eno River Association has received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine award. The award was presented to Mr. Cook on December 6 by North Carolina State Senator Mike Woodard during the Association’s Annual Meeting, held virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 1963, North […]
Shop Hyper-local Online!
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 just […]
Honoring Native American Heritage Month
November is National American Indian Heritage Month. The Eno River Association joins in paying tribute to the rich ancestry and traditions of Native Americans. We have recently updated our Land Acknowledgment Statement as further commitment to practicing inclusion daily. The Eno River Association respectfully acknowledges that the land that we are on today is the […]
You met the challenge, once again!
Eno River State Park Construction Update
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 of […]
West Point on the Eno grows by 8 acres
On Monday, October 11th the Eno River Association donated 7.8 acres of undeveloped woodlands to the City of Durham for immediate inclusion in Durham’s West Point on the Eno City Park. This acreage, known as the Tanglewood Tract, is bordered on the north and northeast by West Point Park, and to the south by the […]
You’re Invited: 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting
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