Tiger Roots Green Collective
Tiger Roots Green Collective is a student-founded nonprofit delivering informed, hands-on environmental action across the Triangle community.
Why Tiger Roots?
Growing up in a time when environmentalism often means paper straws, greenwashing, and virtue signaling, we aim to do better. Environmentalism should be smart and effective.
01
Jolly Branch Park Restoration
We started in our own backyard, restoring a woodland creek area near our baseball field. We collected and disposed of five truckloads of garbage.
02
Leftovers
We found stretches of abandoned and partially buried metal fencing and plastic debris. What was supposed to protect the trees and the stream buffer was now entangling roots and restricting wildlife movement.
03
Taking Action
We partnered with The Treeist, a local tree service, to remove the harmful fencing. They generously sponsored machines and tools to get the job done.
04
Amelioration
The next step was to clear out and suppress the invasive vegetation. Trees of heaven, autumn olive, and decaying trees were cleared out and replaced with native saplings. Once a muddy, littered, and invasive species-infested area. Now a beautiful complement to our Ron Benson Baseball Field.
Visit Our Park
The Jolly Branch Stream is a tributary of Bolin Creek. Once tarnished by abandoned fencing, garbage, and invasive vegetation, our section of this creek is on its way to ecological vitality.
Lobbying For Change
Just a few miles from our home, large, healthy trees were falling and damaging properties. We documented the cause: structural tree roots were needlessly severed by silt fencing entrenchment in obvious violations of Chapel Hill’s own ordinances.
Civic Presence
We didn't just document the violations; we showed up. Our members and supporters filled seats at Town Council meetings to ensure our presence—and our dissatisfaction—was felt.
Student Unity
Tiger Roots organized students from Chapel Hill High School, proving that environmental recklessness and municipal imprudence aren't going unnoticed.
Public Testimony
We took the microphone during public comment periods, presenting data on the Hillmont violations and demanding that the Town follow its own ordinances.
Community Awareness
Beyond the Town Council meetings, we are engaging the wider Chapel Hill community to raise awareness about development practices that benefit no one and are needlessly destructive to our environment.
© 2025 TIGER ROOTS GREEN COLLECTIVE, INC. All Rights Reserved.TIGER ROOTS GREEN COLLECTIVE, INC. is a North Carolina nonprofit corporation organized for charitable purposes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.Contact: 1200 Hatch Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 | (443) 695-8784
Jolly Branch: Before Restoration
View what Jolly Branch Park looked like before restoration. This video captures the preliminary cleanup efforts that set the stage for the main project.
