Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association

The Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association is a nonprofit working to restore a healthy, living creek that connects people and nature in Durham. We protected our first six acres in 1999. Since then, we have acquired more than 450 acres, including five nature preserves that we manage for public recreation, water quality, and native plant and habitat restoration.

Imagine a Durham where residents can walk or bike across the watershed, stopping at in-town nature preserves and local businesses along the way. This is ECWA's vision, and through land acquisition, work with the city, and public education, we are getting closer to realizing it every day.​