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The Great Swamp Watershed Association is a member-based non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and protecting water and natural areas for you, your family and for future generations. Our programs serve all who live, work, or play in the watershed. For over 25 years the Watershed Association has been acting on behalf of our communities to ensure that your water is safe and pure and our open space is protected. We live just 25 miles from Times Square, in one of the most densely populated metropolitan regions in the world. In the middle of this populous area, the Great Swamp watershed offers residents and visitors nearly 36,000 acres of unique and beautiful landscape at the edge of urban and suburban development. Five streams in the watershed form the Passaic River, which provides drinking water for over a million New Jersey residents. Development pressures are intense and open space is disappearing at an alarming rate in our watershed. The Watershed Association works every day to preserve and protect the things we love about our region - clean water, natural areas, and beautiful landscapes - lest they be lost forever. Our vision for a better world begins with healthy communities in which the water we drink is clean and pure, and natural areas - such as the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Loantaka Brook Reservation, and Jockey Hollow - provide places where we can seek renewal and a sense of peace. The Great Swamp Watershed Association was formed in 1981. We started as a small grassroots organization and have grown to serve 2,200 members in over 40 municipalities in New Jersey. We are:A non-profit, membership-based, 501(c)(3) organization. A staff of seven. An annual operating budget of $500,000. 2200 member households. Supported by foundations (Dodge, A. P. Kirby, F. M. Kirby, Hyde and Watson). Supported by Corporate Council.