Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association

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Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association Working to restore a healthy creek that connects people and nature in Durham
linktr.ee/ellerbecreeknc We protected our first six acres in 1999.

The Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association is a nonprofit working to restore a healthy, living creek that connects people and nature in Durham. 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.

09/23/2026

Meet Clayton Rugh and John Dorney, two brilliant volunteers who participated in the Strayhorn project. 🌊

In an interview with volunteer David Emmerling, they shared with us how Strayhorn came to be–the ups, the downs, and what it’s like to be on the grounds of our watershed, working to improve it.

Want to learn more? Read the full story in our newsletter! [link in bio]

08/12/2026
The weather is heating up and so are our May calendars! Join ECWA on Memorial Day for the annual heron rookery tour, and...
05/08/2026

The weather is heating up and so are our May calendars! Join ECWA on Memorial Day for the annual heron rookery tour, and our partner in the watershed, Sound Rivers, for a Water Watch training on the 14th. Links to register available here: https://mailchi.mp/ellerbecreek/may-rookery-walks-s2-1388365

Every spring, minutes from downtown Durham, a giant colony of great blue herons and great egrets nest adjacent to Ellerbee Creek. This rookery is one of the few known nesting sites of great egrets in the entire Piedmont, and this is the time of year that these birds gather to raise their young.

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P. O. Box 2679
Durham, NC
27715

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