2.5 million VISITS TO Jordan Lake every year.
Jordan Lake State Recreation Area continues to be the most-visited site within the N.C. State Parks system. Plus many other anglers, boaters, bathers, kayakers, hunters, hikers and birders who access the lake and surrounding 28,000 acres of public land outside the park boundaries.
Over 700,000 of us depend on the Jordan Lake Watershed for clean, safe drinking water. It is a massive regional resource that supports 10 surrounding counties and 27 municipalities.
Jordan Lake serves multiple purposes in the lives of our residents, visitors and families. Yet it’s 180 miles of shoreline is littered with trash that ...
Threatens to mar the natural beauty of the shoreline
Destroys the natural habitat of wildlife living along the shoreline
Endangers boaters when floating and submerged
Causes injury to birds and animals
Seep chemicals into the lake water
Hurt the local economy by driving away visitors
Clean Jordan Lake was co-founded in July 2009 by Dr. Thomas Colson (now employed by the National Park Service) and Dr. Francis DiGiano, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at the University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill. We are a recognized nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Federal tax code.
We Help enable Local Community Members and businesses to remove trash from the shoreline and to promote public awareness of the problem.