Grounding the Action Plan in Community Voices The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford (TTF) Watershed Partnership launched a strategic, collaborative initiative in summer 2025 to improve water quality, reduce stormwater pollution, and restore natural […]
For a long time, environmental protection was viewed as separate from people. Conservation meant setting land aside, focusing on plants and animals, and keeping human impact at a distance. But […]
Are you tired of walking through Tacony Creek Park and seeing illegal dumping along the trail? Trash Academy is a collaboratory of artists, engaged citizens, and representatives of non-profits (and […]
JOB POSTING: Philadelphia Stewardship Assistant Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Organizational Background The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership (TTF) is seeking a Philadelphia Stewardship Assistant (PSA) to support the improvement and maintenance of Tacony […]
JOB POSTING: Philadelphia Stewardship Assistant Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Organizational Background The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership (TTF) is seeking a Philadelphia Stewardship Assistant (PSA) to support the improvement and maintenance of Tacony […]
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 […]
This blog is a repost from the Philadelphia Water Department. Read the original post here. Green City, Clean Waters Progress with Partners Monday, March 14, 2022 Look across Philadelphia. You may […]
By Nathan McWilliams, Philadelphia Stewardship Manager Last month, we held a maintenance day at our very first rain garden in Vernon Park. This GSI site was installed in the fall […]
Blog by TTF’s Upstream Conservation Leader, Frankie Lazauskas As a member of the Sustainable Business Network’s GSI Partners, TTF’s Upstream Conservation Leader, Frankie Lazauskas, was invited to participate in their […]
Here at TTF, we understand the value of creating rain gardens and stream-side buffers to slow down and capture rainwater. Installing these types of Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) has a […]
TTF will hold the first FREE lesson of its new Watershed Heroes program on Wednesday evening, March 27. This exciting new initiative will encourage engagement in our watershed community. This […]
Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership (TTF) Tree Campaign Organizer/VISTA Abby Grosslein and outgoing Community Liaison/VISTA Steph Clymer recently visited PECO’s green roof in Philadelphia. This green roof is one of our region’s […]
What is a meadow? A meadow is an open vegetated area of grasses and wildflowers without trees. Meadows are important ecosystems that provide a variety of benefits. Do meadows help manage […]
Who has been talking about litter in Philadelphia? Penn Future recently hosted a stakeholder discussion called “Litter, Illegal Dumping, and Enforcement.” Speakers and panelists included members of Philadelphia City Council […]
Each month, the Philadelphia Water Department holds a community meeting on the third Thursday from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Municipal Services Building, 16th Floor, Room Y about the […]
It’s been a little over a year since the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection approved the Philadelphia Water Department’s Green City, Clean Waters (GCCW) plan. Then, on April 10, 2012, the City […]
On Friday June 29, Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) educator Dottie Baumgarten hosted a tour of the Belmont Water Treatment Plant and the Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant (aka the sewage […]
Construction on the rain garden at the Olney Recreation Center (A and Champlost Streets in Philadelphia) is underway and will be completed soon! Rain gardens are shallow depressions that can […]
TTF staff attended a Greenworks 2012 Update and Progress Report [.pdf] at the new, environmentally-friendly Sister Cities Park in Center City, Philadelphia. Green Roof above Milk & Honey at Sister […]
This Tuesday, TTF staff and board members joined area environmental and political leaders at an exciting event at the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center: the EPA’s official endorsement of the […]
There are some fantastic free and steeply discounted residential stormwater management features that you can sign up for right now! These programs won’t last forever, so don’t miss your opportunity […]
The Wingohocking (now called Germantown) Tree Tenders, established by TTF in partnership with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), planted street and yard trees in Germantown on Friday, November 18, 2011. […]
Did you miss our Clearview Community Park Ribbon-Cutting event last week? Check out some of the photos and video from the event here! Stephanie Clymer, TTF’s new AmeriCorps VISTA, and […]
Last night, we had a terrific ribbon-cutting event at Clearview Community Park in Germantown! Check back here soon for photos and video from the event. In the meantime, take a […]
