Mission: Jones Falls Watershed Association works to protect and restore the health and beauty of the Jones Falls Watershed through restoration, monitoring, advocacy, and citizen awareness.

Learn more about our activities: read current and past editions of our e-newsletter here.

Jones Falls Watershed Association is a volunteer-driven grassroots organization started in 1997 to protect and restore the Jones Falls and its tributaries. The organization is credited with bringing attention back to the river and building awareness of the stream and stream valley as natural resource assets for the community.

The Jones Falls watershed encompasses 58 square miles including rural segments of Baltimore County at its upper reaches. The stream meanders through increasing levels of development until it emerges from a tunnel at Baltimore City’s Inner Harbor.

Volunteers for JFWA participate in trash cleanups, water quality monitoring, buffer plantings and outreach. Additionally, volunteers assist with outreach and work with large landowners in the watershed to improve land management practices to improve water quality.

See the map below for information on our volunteer projects. Scroll around the map and click on the icons for details on each project.

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The JFWA sponsors the Rally for the River, a street festival that takes place on the northbound lane of the Jones Falls Expressway.

Click here to become a JFWA member!

Staff

Halle Van der Gaag - Executive Director

Larin Canella - Membership Coordinator

Suzanne Greene - Restoration Manager

2007 Board of Directors

• Sandy Sparks,President
• Dr. Eric J. Schott, Vice President
• Suzanne Merryman, Vice President of Development
• Mark Counselman, Treasurer
• Fiona Newton, Secretary
• John Alexander
• Dr. Barbara F. Bass
• Dr. Michael Beer
• Keith Collison
• Jim Dolan
• Guy Hollyday
• Ellen Kelly
• Chin Y. Lien, P.E.
• Amanda Malcom
• Kathleen Warren
• Tim Rule
• Stephen Kaiser
• Yolanda Takesian

By Mail:
Jones Falls Watershed Association
3000 Chestnut Avenue, Suite 100
Baltimore, MD 21211

By Phone:
410.366.3036

By Fax:
410.366.3039