Trail Off Storywalk
Experience TrailOff’s story by Denise Valentine and walk with the TTF Saturday Walk With Me Group Part 1: Saturday, Nov. 4th 9:30-11am Begin at I St. and Ramona Ave. Gateway. […]
Tag: Delaware River
Trail Off Storywalk
Experience TrailOff’s story by Denise Valentine and walk with the TTF Saturday Walk With Me Group Part 1: Saturday, Nov. 4th 9:30-11am Begin at I St. and Ramona Ave. Gateway. […]
Microplastics Pervasive in Waters Adjacent to Delaware River’s Population Centers
This blog is a repost from the Delaware River Basin Commission. View the original press release here. Microplastics Pervasive in Waters Adjacent to Delaware River’s Population Centers Delaware River Basin […]
NFWF Announces $15.8 Million in New Conservation Grants to Restore Delaware River Watershed
This is a repost from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). See the original press release here. TTF Watershed Partnership is pleased to have been awarded two grants from […]
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 […]
Meet Nayeli, our summer AWE Fellow
Hi! I’m Nayeli Perez and I’m a fellow for the Delaware River Watershed based in Tacony Creek Park through the Alliance for Watershed Education. I was born and raised in […]
Advocating for Clean Water at the 2019 Delaware River Watershed Hill Day
By Rita Yelda Representatives from Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, PennEnvironment, National Audubon, and Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership met with Congressman Boyle during Hill Day. On March 12, 2019, 39 individuals […]
Guest Blog: In Defense of Clean Water from the William Penn Foundation
Guest blog by William Penn Foundation originally posted on Thursday, January 24, 2019. Author: Andrew Johnson, Program Director, William Penn Foundation We are proud to share this blog posted by Andy Johnson of the William Penn […]
A glimpse into our watershed at this year’s Flower Show
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 […]
TTF Streamkeeper testifies against fracking
Geoffrey Selling is an amazing TTF Streamkeeper and volunteer! In January, he shared the following testimony at a public hearing of the Delaware River Basin Commission to ban fracking. Learn […]
Welcome our new Fellow, Thomas Doyle
Hi, I’m Thomas Doyle, TTF’s new Fellow as a part of the Alliance for Watershed Education of the Delaware River (AWE). AWE is a partnership of 23 environmental education centers in […]
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 […]
On the Big Screen: A Watershed Moment
By Julie Slavet, Executive Director TTF and the Hiway Theater recently welcomed over 100 clean water heroes to our screening of A Watershed Moment, a film about the challenges faced by the Delaware River […]
Mark Ruffalo: Accidental Environmentalist
TTF staff and Streamkeepers were honored to spend time last Monday with Mark Ruffalo and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. The afternoon was spent wading in Tookany Creek. […]
Water Inspires: From the Delaware to TTF
Rachel Citrino, inspired by the Delaware River By TTF interns Dana Kluchinski and Bella Lentz TTF is very excited… an artist neighbor at Globe Dye Works has donated works of […]
Come Together…for the Delaware River
The Delaware River is the longest undammed river east of the Mississippi, extending more than 300 miles from the juncture of its East and West Branches in Hancock NY to […]
TTF Team heads upstream for Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed Member Meeting
The entire TTF team (all 6 of us!) attended the recent Coalition for the Delaware Watershed (CDRW) Member meeting hosted by the Delaware River Basin Commission. This meeting provided an opportunity […]
Frankford Creek Greenway: Connecting People to Green Spaces & Waterways
We know that public access to creeks is critical to community environmental engagement and stewardship. That’s why TTF is committed to supporting trail projects that connect people to green spaces […]
Walkers & Bikers: Learn how you can support The Circuit
The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia (BCGP) is well respected as one of our city’s leading bicycling advocates. TTF recently joined the Circuit Coalition and hosted a presentation about The Circuit […]
Frankford Creek Greenway Starts to Connect!
Philadelphia’s City Planning Commission (PCPC), Parks and Recreation Department (PPR), and consultant Michael Baker Corporation hosted the first public meeting about the Frankford Creek Greenway Feasibility Study this past Monday. TTF […]