Healthy Trails 5k in Tacony Creek Park: Another successful race!
We couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful morning or enthusiastic crowd for our 4th annual Healthy Trails 5k in Tacony Creek Park! Joined by over 150 runners, walkers and […]
Robin Irizarry
Counting birds – for fun and science!
We think Tacony Creek Park is a pretty special place! It’s an urban stream surrounded by 300 acres of forested green space running through North Philly. It’s certainly not the biggest […]
Remembering the Wingohocking
The land we know as Philadelphia was once crisscrossed by a network of streams and creeks. These swift flowing waterways were one of the primary reasons European settlers were attracted to […]
Trails Through Time: From Frankford to Tacony Creek Park
On Saturday October 10, TTF hosted a watershed history walk led by Bob Thomas of the Philadelphia Parks Alliance. This two-part walk took us through some of historic Frankford, followed by a walk up through […]
Fishing the mighty TTF
People are often surprised at how many fish they see swimming in the creeks of the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford watershed. Due to its urban setting and history of poor water quality, the TTF doesn’t really […]
Teamwork for Tacony Creek Park = NichePHL + KPB + PowerCorps + TTF
We joined forces with NichePHL, Keep Philadelphia Beautiful and PowerCorps PHL for a great day of service in Tacony Creek Park last week. Starting at Tabor Road in Olney, 40 volunteers and […]