Our Vision for the Future

We envision a living creek connecting human and natural communities in Durham.

​To make this a reality, ECWA will:

• Enable a living creek - a healthy stream in which an appropriately diverse group of native fish and invertebrate species thrive.
• Create a network of preserves and trails along which people can hike, bike, and walk from the Ellerbe Creek headwaters to Falls Lake.
• Build ties among Durham's diverse neighborhoods and communities using Ellerbe Creek as a link.
• Partner with the City and other groups that seek to move Durham to become a regional model for proactive urban stormwater management.
• Help adults, and especially kids, have the opportunity to enjoy and appreciate being outdoors in a learning and safe environment.

Plans & Bylaws

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A Public Benefit

​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.

Guiding Principles

• ECWA will raise awareness of Ellerbe Creek and its watershed by working to increase understanding, consideration, and support in the broader community.​
• ECWA will work to protect, restore, promote, and be an advocate for the creek, the watershed, and the natural features, biological communities, and ecological habitats they contain.
• ECWA believes in and implements natural resource management practices that are based on generally accepted scientific and environmental principles, and will actively seek out people with appropriate expertise, experience, and wisdom to guide its decisions.
• ECWA will always be a good steward of the financial and ecological resources entrusted to it.
• ECWA is committed to setting realistic and achievable goals that are commensurate with its resources--including funding, labor, and expertise.
• Decisions made by ECWA’s executives, board of directors, committees, and staff will be open, actively inclusive, and transparent to our membership, the community, and all other relevant organizations and individuals.
• ECWA will actively engage our diverse community by establishing effective partnerships with governmental agencies, public and private interests, and other relevant organizations and individuals.​

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