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We started with the protection of one 6-acre preserve, and just over a decade later, we now own and manage 450 acres, including five public preserves. Three of our public preserves, 17-Acre Wood, Pearl Mill, and The Rocks, are located along paved, accessible greenways. All of our public preserves, except Glennstone, are located in easy walking distance from public bus stops. We are actively working to add more protected land in the near future, as well as create positive Green Infrastructure in the watershed to protect and improve water quality.
ECWA's long-term goal is to establish a string of preserves from the creek's headwaters near Bennett Place to its terminus at Falls Lake. Our vision is a Durham where residents can simply walk or bike to a natural area from their home or place of business and can walk or bike across the watershed stopping at preserves, neighborhoods and points of interest along the way. |
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Watts-Hillandale Neighborhood
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The Association's first preserve, 17-Acre Wood actually covers 20 acres of floodplain forest. The trail and preserve serve as refuge for native plants rescued from development sites elsewhere in the watershed.
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Colonial Village, Interstate 85 Corridor
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Located between Club Boulevard and Interstate 85, just behind Compare Foods off Roxboro Road, Beaver Marsh is a beautiful oasis of green in an otherwise highly urbanized environment.
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East Durham Glennstone Neighborhood
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Glennstone Nature Preserve is an 83-acre woodland with about three miles of walking trails that connect to Falls Lake Game Lands and Ellerbe Creek.
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Old North Durham and Duke Park Neighborhoods
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Pearl Mill Nature Preserve is part of a corridor of wetlands and floodplain woods that surround the East Branch of the South Ellerbe Creek.
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Stadium Heights, Near Rocky Quarry Park
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The Rocks Nature Preserve is a 2-acre woodland along a scenic, rocky stretch of Ellerbe Creek. Named after its unique geology, The Rocks is special among ECWA nature preserves.
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Non-Public Nature Preserves
Veasey Nature Preserve A 193-acre old farm that assists with filtering the water that runs into Falls Lake.
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Lively Nature PreserveOne of the last remaining intact wooded lands in urban Durham.
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