Our 11th year hosting Block Parties in Tacony Creek Park was filled with colorful chalk on the trails, joy in nature, family, environmental education, edible plants in the park, and […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Honoree Roy Gordon, Philadelphia Water Department, summed it up perfectly when he said: “All of us are here together for a reason!” The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership (TTF) recognized Roy as […]
WOW! It’s our 10th year of hosting Block Parties in Tacony Creek Park! This year’s parties were filled with adventure, family, and environmental education. Tacony Creek Park welcomed about 300 attendees […]
Last month, the Tacony Creek Park community came together for Birds of a Feather Feltonville, a day of art and unity, as artist Evan Lovett of VURT repainted the beautiful […]
TTF hosted its seventh annual Maple Sugaring event in Tacony Creek Park last Saturday, March 26 at the I Street & Ramona Avenue gateway in Juniata Park. A special thanks […]
Guest Blog by Trae Jordan, TTF Watershed Partnership Intern We celebrated Earth Day with a BioBlitz that included 82 observers, 457 species, and 1500 observations! Even amidst a global pandemic, […]
By Ryan Neuman, Upstream Conservation Leader In challenging times like these, strong partnerships and creativity are critical to improving the health of our local waterways. We are proud to provide […]
On Valentine’s Day, we shared some love by hosting volunteer coordinators and teachers at our Volunteer Coordinator Breakfast at our office at Globe Dye Works. Attendees were brought together for […]
Trees are holders and signifiers of life! By Nagiarry Porcena-Meneus, Community Organizer Trees provide us with quality oxygen production, habitats for our ecosystems, wind control, pollution reduction. Additionally, to counteract […]
By Ryan Neuman, Upstream Conservation Leader This Spring, we hosted a workshop at Manor College in Jenkintown to unveil the beginning of a new program called Stream Smart. Stream Smart […]
By Nagiarry Porcena-Meneus, Community Organizer If Trees Could Talk: Art Grows in Tacony Creek Park is an interactive art project, bringing young people together to learn about and appreciate nature […]
By Nagiarry Porcena-Meneus, Community Organizer Did you ever witness a unifying experience? Saturday, October 19th was a memorable day in Juniata Park when more than 60 community members, led by […]
By Doryán De Angel Our first bilingual English/Spanish wildlife tour and series brought 40 neighbors together to visit and explore three Philadelphia watersheds on three Saturdays this fall. Nuestro primer […]
By Doryán De Angel & Nagiarry Porcena-Meneus Inviting diverse communities outside to enjoy the bright, warm sun, the singing birds, and the whispering trees is key to our mission at […]
To celebrate Earth Day Week, our TTF watershed community came together to participate in our third ever week-long BioBlitz. A BioBlitz is an event during which we document as many […]
We had another successful Martin Luther King Day! Temperatures below zero didn’t stop us from working hand in hand with our communities on the 24th Annual Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King […]
Nothing says “summer” more than being out in the park enjoying pretzels and water ice among friends! Thanks for celebrating the start of summer with us at our 6th Annual Summer Block […]
Blog by TTF’s Upstream Conservation Leader, Frankie Lazauskas Do you know what kind of turtle this is?* Later this month, TTF will host our first ever watershed-wide BioBlitz. What is […]
Blog by TTF’s Frankie Lazauskas, Upstream Conservation Leader There’s strong support for eco-friendly backyards, as demonstrated by the audience of more than 50 people who attended our 2018 Eco-Friendly Backyards Workshop […]
Guest blog by William Penn Foundation’s Andrew Johnson, originally posted on William Penn Foundation’s blog on Thursday, March 08, 2018 “In the end we will only conserve what we love, we will only love […]
Our first Nature Talks, an annual series of thought-provoking conversations was an inspiring evening! Last month, over one hundred people joined us at the Friends Center in Philadelphia to hear […]
