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PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators: 2021 Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience Award Winners
The PA Association of Environmental Educators announced the winners of the 2021 Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience Award winners. — MWEE School Of Excellence Award – Abington Friends School – “AFS Outside (AFS Outdoor Scholarship, Initiative, Discovery and Exploration”: The Abington Friends School in Montgomery County is being recognized for their outstanding MWEE implementation through their AFS Outside program (AFS Outdoor Scholarship, Initiative,…
Take Action: Ask Your Member of Congress to Support Circuit Trail Projects for Federal Funding!
This blog has been reformated from its original format by the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia As this is blog post is being written, your member of Congress is prioritizing infrastructure projects that they will submit for funding consideration—they only have a few weeks to make their recommendations. There are two opportunities for project funding—U.S. House of Representatives…
Live Staking: A Sustainable Tool to Reduce Erosion
By Riley Britt, TTF Intern The creeks in our watershed face many challenges particularly erosion. Erosion occurs when the soil around creeks is gradually worn away by water flow over time. It’s a vicious cycle: without stable ground for their roots, plants are uprooted and swept away. Without these plants on the creekbank to hold…
Yo! Don’t Miss our BioBlitz!
By Ryan Neuman, Upstream Conservation Leader From April 24 through May 3, TTF will host our annual BioBlitz! What’s a BioBlitz? A BioBlitz is when people gather or work collectively over a set amount of time in a defined area to document as many different species of living things as they can, such as plants,…
Philadelphia is poised and ready for Biden’s Civilian Climate Corps | Opinion
Did you know that Tacony Creek Park was a Works Progress Administration project? We look forward to bringing the Civilian Climate Corps to our watershed, to create jobs and restore our creeks, trails, and parks with partners such as PowerCorps PHL…and to rely on the many lessons learned through our ongoing Delaware River Watershed Initiative,…
Statement about ATV Injury in Tacony Creek Park on March 11, 2021
Statement about ATV Injury in Tacony Creek Park on March 11, 2021 Declaración sobre lesión de ATV en Tacony Creek Park el 11 de marzo de 2021 Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership & Tacony Creek Park Keepers On March 11, 2021 a child riding her bicycle on the Tacony Creek Park Trail near the 5100 block of…
Jenkintown Creek Restoration Project Update Spring 2021
By Mary Satterthwaite, former amazing intern and current Forestry Technician (Wilderness Ranger Trail Crew Lead) for the Salmon-Challis National Forest TTF has been part of the Upstream Suburban Philadelphia Cluster of the Delaware River Watershed Initiative since 2014, with a focus on the Jenkintown Creek sub-watershed. Our cluster has been coordinated by the Pennsylvania Environmental…
Tacony Creek Park Community Trail Ambassador: WeWalk Group Leader
Tacony Creek Park Community Trail Ambassadors (TAs) will serve as park guides and stewards, welcoming and inviting community members into the park. This particular Trail Ambassador role will serve as a Tacony Creek Park WeWalk Group Leader. The WeWalk Leader will fulfill the following duties and expectations: Recruiting for and promoting a Tacony Creek Park…
Job Posting: Philadelphia Stewardship Leader
JOB POSTING: Philadelphia Stewardship Leader (PSL) Organizational Background The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership (TTF) is seeking a Philadelphia Stewardship Leader to take a leadership role in improving and maintaining Tacony Creek Park as well as Green Stormwater Infrastructure sites located within the TTF watershed in Philadelphia. TTF connects our watershed residents and communities to their creeks….
Letter of Concern about ATV use in Tacony Creek Park
This letter (with 100 signatures) was sent to the following city leaders on Monday, March 8. Dear Mayor Jim Kenney, Councilmembers Cherelle Parker and Maria Quiñones-Sánchez, and Commissioner Kathryn Ott-Lovell, We are writing to express our concern about the rampant use of ATVs and other motorized vehicles in Tacony Creek Park. We ask that the administration…
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) Tacony Creek Park & Frankford Creek Greenway Master Plan (TCPMP) – Planning Consultant
INVITATION TO RESPOND REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) Tacony Creek Park and Frankford Creek Greenway Master Plan (TCPMP) – Planning Consultant Philadelphia Parks & Recreation (PPR) and the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership (TTF) invite qualified firms to respond to a Request for Proposals for a one-time contract to perform professional planning services involving creation of a Master Plan…
Meet Our New Intern: Riley!
My name is Riley Britt, and I’m so excited to be an intern at TTF this spring! I’m from Philadelphia and I’m currently a junior at Arcadia University. I am currently majoring in Illustration and minoring in both art history and biology. When it comes to the biology aspect of my degree I am very…
Seeking: 2021 Delaware River Watershed Fellow, Tacony Creek Park
2021 Delaware River Watershed Fellowship Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, Tacony Creek Park Start date: June 7-16, 2021 End date: August 20-27, 2021 (Start and end dates are flexible) 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 23 environmental…
Eyes on our Landscape: Announcing the 2021 TTF Watershed-wide Photo Contest !
*Para español, deslice hacia el final de la página* TTF Watershed Partnership: 2021 Photo Contest Details & Rules TTF and the Olney Culture Lab are happy to announce our second biannual photo contest, made possible by the Joseph Robert Foundation and the Philadelphia Water Department. This time we’ve expanded the eligible coverage area to the whole TTF Watershed. We welcome…
Job Posting: Seeking Assistants for Art & Environment Project
The Alliance for Watershed Education (AWE) is looking for assistants to help create large scale sculptures out of natural materials, at multiple sites in and around Camden/Pennsauken, Philadelphia, and Wilmington, DE during the spring and summer of 2021. One of the sites will be in Tacony Creek Park, within the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford watershed in Philadelphia! We are looking for…
Great Backyard Bird Count in Tacony Creek Park: 24 species!
Bird lovers young and older joined us on Saturday, February 13 to participate in the annual Great Backyard Bird Count! Two groups gathered at Tacony Creek Park for an early and mid-morning walk at the I Street & Ramona Avenue Gateway, then walked and counted birds all the way up to the turtle mural on the trail. In…
Managing Polluted Runoff in SE PA
We were delighted to co-sponsor this well attended, valuable webinar with our partners on Managing Stormwater Runoff back on February 3rd. Here’s the follow-up email with a link to resources and the webinar recording. Watch for information about additional programs! Hello, Thank you so much for joining us for our event on Stormwater! It was…
Spotlight on Efforts and Resources in Philly this February for Environmental Justice Month
In 2014, the EPA declared February to be Environmental Justice Month to commemorate the signing of historic 1994 executive order 12898: “Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations.” This year to commemorate, we’re highlighting new and ongoing environmental justice initiatives in Philadelphia and resources available to residents for addressing environmental issues in their…
Another TTF Team member becomes a Master Watershed Steward!
Last fall, I was able to take the first ever Master Watershed Steward class for Philadelphia County! It was a unique experience as the course needed to move online like so much else during the pandemic. Still, the organizers at Penn State Extension were able to create a really engaging experience. The Master Watershed Steward program was…
Hats Off to our new LOGO!
This past summer, an unexpected opportunity came our way: an offer to refresh our logo and branding from Pixel Parlor, our partner responsible for our recent outstanding Annual Reports. Of course, we said yes! Pixel Parlor steered us through an in-depth (and really fun) visioning and discovery process. We thought about what we want to say about who we are…