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Your Bar Tab Will Support FTJF All Month!

All of August, Union Craft in Medfield is offering its new Roundup & Match program benefiting FTJF. The official kickoff is Wednesday, August 6th, from 4:30 to 8pm where FTJF Board members will be on hand to talk about its 2-Year Strategic Plan for the Watershed and other important initiatives. Come get a brew and something toContinue reading “Your Bar Tab Will Support FTJF All Month!”

Experiencing a Major Stream and Wetlands Restoration Project Along the Upper Jones Falls

Some FTJF Board and Stewardship Committee members and a couple of others hiked recently in and around the Upper Jones Falls with an owner of the Eccleston Mitigation site in Baltimore County where more than 10,000 linear feet of the stream and 15 acres of wetlands have been reclaimed under a state conservation easement programContinue reading “Experiencing a Major Stream and Wetlands Restoration Project Along the Upper Jones Falls”

Another Stream Restoration Project along the Upper Jones Falls

Late last month Maryland Trout Unlimited (MTU) Board member Darin Crew led eight FTJF Board and Stewardship Committee members on a hike to learn about and see directly the stream restoration work along a nearly 600 ft. section of the Jones Falls in the County, just south of I-83. As one among the group putContinue reading “Another Stream Restoration Project along the Upper Jones Falls”

Constructed Habitat Wetland at Union Collective

Arising out of the 2019 Union Collective Green Infrastructure Master Plan (referenced below the Major Projects toolbar interface) is a major environmental remediation project on privately-owned Baltimore City property in the spring of 2025. The project entailed the installation of an artificial wetland on a 0.52-acre site between the Jones Falls and the Union CollectiveContinue reading “Constructed Habitat Wetland at Union Collective”

FTJF Goes Back to School

FTJF was invited to present aspects of environmental stewardship at the well-attended March 11th St. Paul’s Lower School STEM Fair. Thank you, STEM Director Nancy Dimitriades. Stewardship Committee members Jessica Schue, Dick Williams and I demonstrated weed warrior work focused on non-native invasive (NNI) English ivy species removal. We brought a well-illustrated video about EnglishContinue reading “FTJF Goes Back to School”

“Stewarding our Urban Watersheds: A Conversation with Leading Clean Water Advocates in Baltimore”

On the evening of March 21st a crowd gathered at The Peale museum in downtown Baltimore to attend a panel discussion on the human impact on the Jones Falls watershed, envisioning a more balanced, symbiotic future. The backdrop was the February-March 2025 exhibition, “The Future of Here: A Glimpse of a River Culture to Come.”Continue reading ““Stewarding our Urban Watersheds: A Conversation with Leading Clean Water Advocates in Baltimore””

“Stewarding our Urban Watersheds: A Conversation with Leading Clean Water Advocates in Baltimore”

On the evening of March 21, 2025, a crowd gathered at The Peale museum in downtown Baltimore to attend a panel discussion on the human impact on the Jones Falls watershed, envisioning a more balanced, symbiotic future. The backdrop was the February-March 2025 exhibition, “The Future of Here: A Glimpse of a River Culture toContinue reading ““Stewarding our Urban Watersheds: A Conversation with Leading Clean Water Advocates in Baltimore””