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Lots of Nature & Wildlife in TTF Watershed: 2023 City Nature Challenge & Spring BioBlitz
Our annual BioBlitz ran from April 22 through May 1. A BioBlitz encourages participants to observe as many species over a set amount of time in a particular geographic area. For this event, we used the app iNaturalist, which enables observers to submit their data and observations to the special TTF project page. iNaturalist is a…
TTF staff participate in new Professionals of Color cohort hosted by Institute for Conservation Leadership
By Malcolm Bundy, Philadelphia Community Organizer Starting in the fall of 2022, The Institute for Conservation Leadership (ICL) launched an exciting new pilot program for BIPOC (Black, indigenous, and people of color) professionals in the Delaware River Watershed Initiative (DRWI) and other William Penn Foundation Watershed Protection Program Grantees. The program is a year-long cohort…
Capturing the TTF: Announcing the 2023 TTF Watershed-wide Photo Contest!
*Para español, deslice hacia el final de la página* TTF Watershed Partnership: 2023 Photo Contest Details & Rules TTF and the Olney Culture Lab are happy to announce our third biannual photo contest, made possible by the Philadelphia Water Department, Philadelphia Parks and Recreation, The Circuit Trails, and the William Penn Foundation. For the second time,…
Partner Alliance Spotlight, Essential Utilities: Champion of Communities
Every collaboration that TTF develops helps pursue our mission of a healthy watershed more effectively everyday! That’s why we collaborate with dedicated volunteers, Board members, friends, and partners. Our special TTF Partner Alliance members are vital to our work educating neighbors and stakeholders about clean water issues and how we can all make a difference…
Linking Arms at the 2nd annual Birds of a Feather in Tacony Creek Park
Tacony Creek Park (TCP) was very much alive with love, art, activity, and food as neighbors came together on Celebrate Trails and Earth Day 2023, for TTF’s second annual Birds of a Feather! Saturday, April 22 was a day filled with art and unity, as artist Evan Lovett of VURT repainted the beautiful 20 ft….
2023 Spring Cleanup Events Across Philly Watersheds
This is a guest blog, reposted from the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD). View the original post here. Thank you, Philly Water for highlighting cleanup opportunities across the city, including our ongoing work in Tacony Creek Park. Did you know that PWD makes our community engagement, program, improvement, and planning work in Tacony Creek Park possible?…
Partner Alliance Spotlight, REI: Investing in our Local Communities
“Individually we are one drop, but together we are an ocean.” — Ryunosuke Satoro TTF is able to achieve our mission of improving the health and vitality of the TTF watershed not only with staff, volunteers, Board members, and friends but also through the help of dedicated partners. Our special team of partners in the…
Mapping Our Watershed: Community Science and Art in Cheltenham Township
We are excited to work once again with Rebecca Schultz as well as Cheltenham Center for the Arts on the vastly creative and community-uniting project, Mapping Our Watershed. Through six workshops, community members will learn about their watershed, and why it’s important to understand watershed health! Incorporating art into these sessions will create interest for…
Nature-Based Pollution Solutions Coming to Northwood!
As part of the twenty-five-year Green City Clean Waters program, the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) is installing Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) projects across the city to combat pollution from stormwater runoff and the resulting combined sewer overflows into our waterways, including the Tacony Frankford Creek. We’re excited when GSI projects come to our watershed because…
Job Posting: AWE Delaware River Watershed Fellowship
2023 Delaware River Watershed Fellowship at Tacony/Tookany Frankford Watershed Partnership (TTF) Start date: June 5-14, 2023 End date: August 18-25, 2023 The Delaware River Watershed Fellowship is a 12-week, paid summer job opportunity designed to introduce young people from local communities to careers in environmental education. Fellows are hired at one of…
Watershed residents learn how to sow native plant seeds
View of riparian buffer at Ethel Jordan Park. As a watershed organization, we recognize the importance of native plants and their connection to healthier watersheds and healthier communities. We hosted our first native seed starting workshop in collaboration with Penn State Extension Master Gardeners at Friends Hospital in Philadelphia on Saturday, February 25. A special…
2022 Chloride Blitzes show extreme spikes in salt levels
Suburban runoff is one of the biggest challenges to the health and vitality of the TTF watershed. Runoff is rainwater that flows off of roofs and roads, where it ends up in our creeks, leading to flooding and erosion. When salt is applied to roads in the wintertime, the impact on the health of our…
Learning to Ride A Bike Opens Doors to New Opportunities
Guest Blog by Siani Colon, TCP (Tacony Creek Park) Keeper “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” This quote is attributed to Albert Einstein in a letter he wrote to his son in 1930. Though his words remain true, that doesn’t mean keeping your balance on either life…
2023 Community Service Get-Together features special guests: Garfield Refining & Temple Society of Environmental Engineers and Scientists
Every year, we host a Community Service Get-Together to share the many ways in which volunteers can get involved with TTF, and to share ideas amongst peers. On Thursday, February 16, leaders from organizations, schools, and businesses attended the online get-together. If you missed the…
Say hello to our Winter 2023 Intern, Quinzel!
This blog is written by our first intern of 2023, Quinzel Miller Jr. We are so excited to welcome him to the TTF team! Hi, TTF watershed family; my name is Quinzel Miller Jr, and I am a senior at Sankofa Freedom Academy Charter School in Philadelphia. During my internship with TTF, I hope to…
Work with us to care for your park! Job Opening: Seasonal Maintenance Attendant for Tacony Creek Park
SEASONAL MAINTENANCE ATTENDANT (SMA) The Seasonal Maintenance Attendant is a 6-month position, at 37.5 hours a week. It includes an hourly pay of $14.25. SMA Duties: Includes turf and grounds maintenance work: maintaining and improving the park Pick up/gather litter and trash in the park; empty trash cans; deliver trash to a central…
Job Posting: Environmental Educator
Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership 4500 Worth Street Philadelphia, PA 19124 Part-Time, Salary: $25 per hour Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership (TTF) is an environmental non-profit organization whose mission is to protect and restore the health and vitality of our watershed by collaborating with our municipalities and leading our communities in education, stewardship, restoration, and advocacy. Across our watershed…
70+ Volunteers Honor MLK Day in Tacony Creek Park with TTF
Every year, watershed residents and organizations from across the region contact us to ask how they can participate in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service and improve our watershed. This year, this support was especially helpful as we were faced with the challenge of removing hundreds of tires dumped in Tacony Creek Park…
Sanchez and Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership secure $175K grant
This blog is a repost from PAHouse.com. See the original news release here. Rep. Ben Sanchez153rd District / Montgomery County Sanchez and Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership secure $175K grant Rep. Ben Sanchez January 9, 2023 | 4:34 PM ABINGTON, Jan. 9 – State Rep. Ben Sanchez, D-Montgomery, today announced that the local conservation group Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership has been awarded…
Walk with Me Leaders needed in Tacony Creek Park!
We are seeking Walk with Me leaders to lead daily walking groups in Tacony Creek Park! These individuals are not just walking leaders, they are “Trail Ambassadors.” We currently provide a walk each Saturday…neighbors and park users have told us that they’d like to walk regularly on weekdays and Sundays, including in the afternoon. Our…