Category Archives: Stewardship

FTJF Hosts “City Tree Health Can Be Predicted by Climate Models” Talk

On December 3, 2025, Maggie Schaefer, a University of Maryland Master’s candidate in the Entomology Department, presented some of her research in city tree health to a crowd of enthusiasts at Union Craft Brewing.  Urban environments pose significant challenges to tree health, and climate change further complicates their growth and longevity. While newly planted trees,Continue reading “FTJF Hosts “City Tree Health Can Be Predicted by Climate Models” Talk”

Thanksgiving 2025 Tributes to Environmentalists Jane Goodall and Robert Redford

Jane Goodall – Primatologist/Conservationist Photo credits: (l) Europe Press/Associated Press, (r) National Geographic “Human beings are a part of nature, not apart from it. Some have always thought this was true, but Dr. Jane Goodall proved it. While best known for her work with chimpanzees, she championed causes both global and local, including working toContinue reading “Thanksgiving 2025 Tributes to Environmentalists Jane Goodall and Robert Redford”

FTJF Stewardship “Parties”

The Friends of The Jones Falls Stewardship Committee advocates for the responsible management of the Jones Falls Watershed and its connecting communities and ecosystems. Our current focus is on Non-Native Invasive (NNI) Species removal along a roughly 1/2-mile stretch of the Jones Falls Trail between Baltimore Bicycle Works (A) and uphill of the Ma &Continue reading “FTJF Stewardship “Parties””

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”

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”