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.

Description:
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.

History:
The Jones Falls Watershed Association was founded in 1997 under the auspices of the Greater Homewood Community Corporation. It is now an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit with an independent board of directors.

Contact people:

Suzanne Greene, Restoration Manager, (phone), (email) Halle Van Der Gaag, Executive Director, (phone), (email)

Address:

3000 Chestnut Avenue, Suite 100 Baltimore, MD 21211 (See a map)

Miscellaneous Information

Does this agency accept court appointed volunteers?
	Yes