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TTF recognizes 2023 Watershed Milestones Honorees & Accomplishments!
We are only able to achieve the hard work of enriching and maintaining the TTF watershed with the help of our exemplary watershed heroes. This year, for our 12th Annual Watershed Milestones we are proud to recognize ten honorees! Friend: Eric Blacksten Educator: Izaak Walton League Volunteer Leader: ASCE Younger Members Nonprofit Steward: Feliz Filadelfia…
What Clean Water work is happening in your backyard? New StoryMap of Philly’s Suburban Watersheds
The collaborative structure of the Delaware River Watershed Initiative, which has enabled us to bring over $2 million in clean water projects to Abington and Cheltenham, has made our Upstream Suburban Philadelphia Partnership so much smarter, more effective and more efficient, than the sum of its parts. We hope you get a sense of the…
Watershed-Wide Photo Contest Winners Capture the TTF
We are so proud to announce, along with partner the Olney Culture Lab, the award-winning photos from our third biennial photo contest, Capturing the TTF Watershed Wide. Participants could photograph nature in the entire 30 square mile TTF watershed, which consists of the Tookany, Tacony, and Frankford creeks as well as a number of tributaries. …
Rain Gardens, GSI & Stream Restoration along Tacony Creek
Although it has taken us way too long to share this post, this in no way reflects our excitement about this project to stabilize and improve our stream corridor, Tacony Creek in Tacony Creek Park! This project will improve not only the creek and surrounding park area, but will improve the ability of park visitors…
The Tacony Creek Park River Alive! Learning Trail now has an Ambassador!
Join TTF Watershed Partnership in welcoming our newest team member, Rae, The River Alive! Learning Trail Ambassador. Rae has joined the TTF team as the River Alive! Learning Trail Ambassador. She has a BA in History and Secondary Education from West Chester University of Pennsylvania, during her time there began working with an environmental non-profit….
Tikkun Olam (Heal the World): Volunteers plant 2,000 Natives at Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel!
Can you guess how many TTF volunteer hours were contributed when people planted two thousand native perennials at Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel (KI) in Elkins Park? Read on to find out! During the weekend of April 15, community members met at Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel (KI)in Elkins Park to plant 2,000 native perennials including soft…
Intern Emmanuel says Goodbye for Now
Emmanuel was TTF’s first paid intern, funded through a grant from the Alliance for Watershed Education through its Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice internship. Emmanuel supported our work in so many ways, and we will miss him. During his time with us, he researched and wrote a series about the six animals that “live” at…
Tacony Creek Creatures: Redbreast Sunfish
Intern Emmanuel Hampton completes his Tacony Creek Creatures series with North American River Otters. Stop by the River Alive Learning Trail to see the water snake, heron, fox, painted turtle, river otter, and sunfish up close. River Alive Learning Trail free program information here. Check out the previous blogs in the series: Red Fox, Great Blue Heron, Painted Turtle, Water…
Tacony Creek Creatures: North American River Otters
Intern Emmanuel Hampton continues his Tacony Creek Creatures series with North American River Otters. Stop by the River Alive Learning Trail to see the water snake, heron, fox, painted turtle, river otter, and other creatures up close. River Alive Learning Trail free program information here. Check out the previous blogs in the series: Red Fox, Great Blue Heron, Painted…
Tacony Creek Creatures: Northern Water Snakes
Intern Emmanuel Hampton continues his Tacony Creek Creatures series with Northern Water Snakes. Stop by the River Alive Learning Trail to see the water snake, heron, fox, painted turtle, and other creatures up close. River Alive Learning Trail free program information here. Check out the previous blogs in the series: Red Fox, Great Blue Heron, Painted Turtle,…
Tacony Creek Creatures: Painted Turtles
Intern Emmanuel Hampton continues his Tacony Creek Creatures series with the Painted Turtle! You can see this creature in Tacony Creek, at the Learning Trail, and painted on the Tacony Creek Park Trail as part of the Love Our Park Mural project. Read the previous features in this series! Red Fox, Great Blue Heron, and next…
A Rocking Seaport Visit and Sail
Written by Lawrence Harris, Sunday Walk with Me Leader As part of the River Alive Learning Trail, a group of TTF Tacony Creek Park families visited the Independence Seaport Museum and were then joined by an even bigger group of TTF fans from across the watershed, to sail on the tall ship A.J. Meerwald on…
Eagle Scout leads fencing & invasive plant removal at Abington Friends School (AFS)!
TTF’s very first restoration project broke ground along Jenkintown Creek as part of the groundbreaking Delaware River Watershed Initiative at the creek’s headwaters at Abington Friends School in 2014, nine years ago! Our award-winning work with AFS and the Meeting continued along this creek reach for a number of years. We implemented a number of…
Tacony Creek Park community gathers for final Master Plan Public Meeting
We welcomed over 40 dedicated community members from over a dozen zip codes to the third and final Public Meeting for the Tacony Creek Master Plan hosted at the Scattergood Building at the historic Friends Hospital campus. These community members are invested in the future of Tacony Creek Park. The public meeting began with an…
Tacony Creek Park Explorer Kits: Fun Activities for your Kids!
Have you heard about the two special community engagement projects that were part of our Tacony Creek Park Master Plan? Four People of the Park signs have already been installed in Tacony Creek Park for you to enjoy and the Tacony Creek Park Explorer Kits are right around the corner! With guidance from educator Karen…
Farewell to influential Board Members Sue Myerov & Luanda Morris
Written by TTF Executive Director, Julie Slavet Adopting Best Management Practices is critical for healthy nonprofit organizations. That’s why TTF adopted a term limit policy for our Board of Directors in . This policy encourages us to bring on new directors, to ensure that members are representative of the community and bring diverse, critical skills…
Tacony Creek Creatures: Great Blue Herons
Intern Emmanuel Hampton continues his Tacony Creek Creatures series with our mascot, the Great Blue Heron! You can see this awe-inspiring bird in the creek and flying above the park. You can also see it on our van, Creekforce 1 and it’s one of the birds featured in our Bird Murals along the trail under…
Blitzing for TTF Chloride in Summer 2023!
In June, several Streamkeepers from TTF and the Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust met at Ethel Jordan Park to continue the second year of Chloride Blitz sampling. Last year, TTF began this synoptic sampling program to get a better sense of what the chloride (salt) levels are like across the watershed throughout the year, not just…
Our past AWE Fellow, MyKyah prepares for Audubon’s Educators Week!
Written by MyKyah Vessels, Previous TTF Alliance for Watershed Education (AWE) Fellow Learn more about MyKyah here and about her time as an AWE Fellow with TTF here. Watch her presentation at the 2021 AWE Fellowship Summit here. MyKyah continues to host foraging walks in Tacony Creek Park almost every spring and summer season! I…
Tyler Fowler, PA IPL Fellow, at Juniata Park Academy
This is a repost from the Pennsylvania Interfaith Power & Light (PA IPL) website, written by Tyler Fowler, PA IPL Fellow. Find the original post here. We are delighted to share this blog, and look forward to the next opportunity to collaborate with PA IPL and our neighbors at Juniata Park Academy! Jul 3, 2023…