The Power of a Name: Cheltenham’s Creeks Gain Names
By Jo Freedman What’s in a name? This past Autumn, fifteen Cheltenham creeks gained official names that were recorded into the United States Geological Survey (USGS) mapping system. The process […]
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Abington & Cheltenham: Watershed Communities Say No to Plastic
By Julie Slavet, Executive Director Whatever is on the land is in the water. We remove lots of plastic bags from our streets, trees, and creeks. Plastics production adds to […]
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 […]
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 […]
June on the Jenkintown
This blog is a repost from 4states1source.org, written by Belinda Griswold. Find the original post here. JULY 11, 2023 A late June day on the Jenkintown Creek gave community leaders […]
Mapping Our Watershed: Community Science and Art in Cheltenham Township
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 […]
70+ Volunteers Honor MLK Day in Tacony Creek Park with TTF
Every year, watershed residents and organizations from across the region contact us to ask how they can participate in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service and improve our […]
Let’s Talk About Equity in Green Infrastructure, by a Friend of the TTF Watershed
Guest Blog by John Raisch TTF recently recognized John for his work with an annual Friend of the TTF Watershed Milestones award. You can read more about John here and […]
Jenkintown Creek Restoration Project Comes to Cheltenham
Guest blog by Nicole from Patch-Abington.com. Originally posted here on November 16. Partnership encourages residents to get involved to improve water quality By Nicole, Patch Contributor | Nov 16, 2018 4:32 pm ET On […]
Cheltenham Trails Meeting: What A Night!
Originally posted on Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia blog on May 8, 2018 TTF is all about trails! Trails are a key way to get people next to creeks so they […]
High School Park: A Model in our Watershed
We are proud that organizations such as the Friends of High School Park (FHSP) work in our watershed to protect our creeks. In fact, in 2014, we recognized FHSP with […]