The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford (TTF) Watershed Partnership is proud to announce the completion of the Shoemaker Run restoration project at the Abington Club. While the construction phase is complete, TTF’s work on-site […]
By Ryan Neuman, Upstream Conservation Leader In Spring 2022, we offered a hands-on, two-part training series for our dedicated Streamkeeper volunteers to learn a powerful restoration method: live staking. Live […]
The sun shone bright through the greenhouse’s glass, and TTF community members diligently took notes from Master Gardener Marty Hudson on how to start vegetable seeds. On Saturday, March 22, […]
Native plants play a critical role in the health of our watershed. They provide habitat for native species in a challenging landscape and require less care than many exotic and […]
by TTF Upstream Conservation Leader, Ryan Neuman and TTF Intern, Carol Nie In a developed environment like suburban Philadelphia, stormwater runoff is the number one cause of pollution in our […]
We know that collaboration enables us to pursue our mission of a healthy watershed more effectively everyday! Volunteers, Board members, donors, and organizational partners expand our community and strengthen our […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
As 2022 comes to a close, so will the multi-year Stream Smart Program funded through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and coordinated by our partner, the Pennsylvania Environmental Council. […]
Every year, we work with enthusiastic, hard-working volunteers who lend a hand to collect trash (a short-term but never ending challenge) and plant trees (a long-term investment in the future […]
We want to introduce you to a small unnamed tributary to the Jenkintown Creek that flows through the Charles D. Conklin Pool Property. In 2019, we started to restore this […]
This piece is a guest blog, written by the team at Garfield Refining. TTF is delighted to work with a partner as passionate and dedicated as Garfield Refining to keep […]
By Ryan Neuman, Upstream Conservation Leader During the winter of 2021, TTF harvested cuttings from several species of shrubs at restoration sites across our watershed. We then drove these cuttings […]
Engineering Students from a senior design studio class at Temple University majoring came to Alverthorpe Park to plant native perennials in a new stormwater feature that TTF had just installed. […]
In 2012, TTF installed a rain garden to capture and clean runoff from the Olney Recreation Center roof in partnership with the Philadelphia Water Department. This feature not only managed […]
We really care about trees at TTF! Trees are important in so many ways: they absorb and filter stormwater. The cleaner the water and the less of it that gets […]
This blog is a repost from Riverfront North. November 5, 2021 Northeast Philadelphia is a little bit greener this November. Riverfront North Partnership and Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership collaborated on five events in […]
Do you ever see people picking plants in parks or on sidewalks? They’re foraging! Foraging is the practice of exploring an area to pick wild plants, often for food or […]
Sites citywide receive funding to manage stormwater + enhance their communities. Written by Grace Maiorano, Philadelphia Water Department. Read the original blog post here. Though the pandemic has impacted some of our […]
Guest Blog by Katherine Haines Katie is a student at Arcadia University and former TTF intern. We were so happy that she joined us for this planting, brought along friends, […]
By Susan Volz, Philadelphia Community Organizer Over a dozen neighbors volunteered on a gray and dreary fall morning at the Tabor and Olney Gateway on October 2nd for our first […]
By Ryan Neuman, Upstream Conservation Leader On March 24, partners from Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust, and Wissahickon Trails came together to host a webinar on managing stormwater […]
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 […]
