The Watershed Association

The Watershed Association is a Wimberley nonprofit that protects water through education and land conservation across the Texas Hill Country. David Baker and local landowners founded it in 1996 as the Wimberley Valley Watershed Association to protect Jacob's Well and Cypress Creek, and it later took its current name as its work reached many parts of Central Texas.

Its focus includes keeping Jacob's Well flowing, clean and clear; the spring is the headwaters of Cypress Creek. Programs include watershed protection and conservation science, environmental planning and policy advocacy, the Jacob's Well Community Garden, First Friday Volunteer Days, the Rainmakers Business Alliance and the Land. Water. Connection. educational series.