Did YOU BioBlitz?
Our annual bioblitz ran from April 24 through May 3. A bioblitz is when participants try and observe as many species over a set amount of time. For this event, […]
Tag: Citizen Science
Citizen Science Training: Monitoring Protocol Refresher
Interested in becoming a Streamkeeper? Need a little refresher on the monitoring you’re doing? Join us for a refresher on the monthly Streamkeeper monitoring protocol. We will walk through the […]
Citizen Science Training: Monitoring Protocol Refresher
Interested in becoming a Streamkeeper? Need a little refresher on the monitoring you’re doing? Join us for a refresher on the monthly Streamkeeper monitoring protocol. We will walk through the […]
Baby Streamkeeper
This guest blog is by Debra Kessler, a new Streamkeeper and volunteer! One day of high winds and heavy rain removed the 2 foot drop to my assigned StreamKeeper location! […]
Citizen Science Training: Temperature Monitoring
Temple University will be introducing a new citizen science monitoring program to measure stream temperatures throughout the Wissahickon, Pennypack, Tookany/Tacony-Frankford, Poquessing, and Darby Creek Watersheds. Learn why temperature is an […]
Citizen Science Training: Temperature Monitoring
Temple University will be introducing a new citizen science monitoring program to measure stream temperatures throughout the Wissahickon, Pennypack, Tookany/Tacony-Frankford, Poquessing, and Darby Creek Watersheds. Learn why temperature is an […]
Tacony Creek Park: Mini-Bioblitz!
A BioBlitz is an event where a group of people get together to document as many species as possible (animals, plants, insects, and more!) in a certain area, usually in […]
Tacony Creek Park: Mini-Bioblitz!
A BioBlitz is an event where a group of people get together to document as many species as possible (animals, plants, insects, and more!) in a certain area, usually in […]
Citizen Science Training: Get the Dirt Out
Sediment run-off is a major cause of pollution of our creeks and streams. Especially in suburban and urban areas, sediment can carry many contaminants into waterways, causing problems for aquatic […]
Citizen Science Training: Get the Dirt Out
Sediment run-off is a major cause of pollution of our creeks and streams. Especially in suburban and urban areas, sediment can carry many contaminants into waterways, causing problems for aquatic […]
Citizen Science Training: Winter Salt Watch
Road salt (sodium chloride) is everywhere during winter months. It keeps us safe on roads and sidewalks, but it can also pose a threat to fish and wildlife as well […]
Citizen Science Training: Winter Salt Watch
Road salt (sodium chloride) is everywhere during winter months. It keeps us safe on roads and sidewalks, but it can also pose a threat to fish and wildlife as well […]
BioBlitz in Alverthorpe Park
Join us for a BioBlitz at Alverthorpe Park! What’s a BioBlitz? Learn more here! We’ll be using the free iNaturalist app to document wildlife observations in the park. Join TTF Watershed Partnership […]
BioBlitz in Alverthorpe Park
Join us for a BioBlitz at Alverthorpe Park! What’s a BioBlitz? Learn more here! We’ll be using the free iNaturalist app to document wildlife observations in the park. Join TTF Watershed Partnership […]
Love Nature? Our Bioblitz is for you!
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 […]
How do we learn about our creeks? Scientists & citizens work together to monitor the Tookany Creek Watershed
By Alex Cooper, Community Watershed Specialist In 2013, a groundbreaking initiative to protect and restore the Delaware River was launched by the William Penn Foundation, which pledged $35 million dollars […]
Counting birds – for fun and science!
We think Tacony Creek Park is a pretty special place! It’s an urban stream surrounded by 300 acres of forested green space running through North Philly. It’s certainly not the biggest […]
Citizen Science: Welcome New Streamkeepers!
By Alex Cooper, Community Watershed Specialist After a mild December, 2016 came roaring in with winter temperatures. While most people have been huddling up inside, TTF Streamkeepers have been busy monitoring sites […]
Happy First Birthday, Streamkeepers!
By Alex Cooper, Community Watershed Specialist A year after we kicked off our Streamkeeper program in partnership with the Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust, over 25 Streamkeepers returned to Lorimer Park along […]
Introducing: TTF’s Streamkeepers!
By TTF interns Dana Kluchinski and Nathan Sienkiewicz Each month, our team of committed citizen scientists — or Streamkeepers — gather valuable data throughout our watershed. These Streamkeepers are the eyes and ears […]
Across the Watershed: Streamkeepers Unite
The Abington Public Library was the place to be last Wednesday, January 14! Over 40 volunteer citizen water quality monitors gathered for a light dinner, presentation on plants, and to […]
Streamkeepers: TTF and PERT citizen water quality monitors take the plunge!
Watch out: sometime soon you may see a citizen scientist checking on the health of a creek in your neighborhood! Earlier this month, over 20 people gathered at Lorimer Park […]
Citizens Step Forward to Protect Their Creeks
Earlier this year, TTF and the Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust (PERT) announced that our newly established partnership would receive $442,000 over three years through the William Penn Foundation‘s Delaware Watershed Conservation Program. This […]