2026 Winter Salt Week Sampling at Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust
We have decided to cancel the Salt Blitz scheduled for March 6th, due to the volume of rain over the past two days and rain in the forecast. The goal […]
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Road Salt and Our Streams at Glenside Free Library
Learn from Ryan Neumann of Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership (TTF) about the effects that road salt has on our streams in the winter time, and what you can do to reduce […]
Salt in Our Streams: 2025 Chloride Blitzes – What We Found and What’s Next
Winter Salt Week, a week dedicated to raising awareness about winter salt use, has wrapped up. Thanks to our dedicated volunteers and partners, we’ve gathered crucial data on how road […]
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 […]
2022 Chloride Blitzes show extreme spikes in salt levels
Suburban runoff is one of the biggest challenges to the health and vitality of the TTF watershed. Runoff is rainwater that flows off of roofs and roads, where it ends […]