At TTF Watershed Partnership, we’re all about connecting people to their creeks and encouraging everyone to enjoy the outdoors—responsibly and joyfully. That’s why we love sharing creators who celebrate nature, […]
2025 Garden Party! Join Friends of Curtis Arboretum for a spring evening party at Curtis Hall to help support our ongoing efforts to restore Curtis Arboretum, maintaining and improving this […]
On Earth Day weekend Sunday, April 23, Cheltenham EAC will host the second FREE Tookany Creek Trail Fest! There will be a trail cleanup event beforehand (9 am), bird walks, self-guided […]
On Earth Day weekend Sunday, April 24, Sustainable Cheltenham & Friends of Tookany Creek Trail will be hosting the first Tookany Creek Trail Fest! There will be a trail cleanup […]
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 […]
By Jon Musselman, Upstream Municipal Watershed Planner “Sawmill Creek” sounds like a name you’d hear in the Poconos or Catskills, not Philadelphia. Looking at Cheltenham’s Lynnewood Gardens and Melrose Park, […]
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. […]
People are often surprised at how many fish they see swimming in the creeks of the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford watershed. Due to its urban setting and history of poor water quality, the TTF doesn’t really […]
This past summer, Cheltenham Township began a 12-month project to replace nearly four miles of its public sanitary sewer system, called Interceptor A, between Old York Road and Central Avenue. […]
For the past four years, Cheltenham Township and its Environmental Advisory Council (EAC) have been working hard to plant native trees along a small tributary of the Tookany Creek in Parkview Park in […]
By Leah Garden, TTF Intern July was a big month for mussels in the TTF watershed! Our Community Watershed Specialist, Alex Cooper, led two energetic groups into the waters of […]
Curtis Arboretum, one of Cheltenham Township’s historic park treasures, is in the midst of a community-driven planning process, whose goal is to develop the arboretum into one a widely enjoyed […]
We’d like to thank our outgoing Board, and welcome our new Board members and Board of Advisors. With the adoption of a new Strategic Plan this year, we made a […]
Mussel surveying is just one way we can meet our goal to improve the health of our creek and its watershed. Working with the Mussel Surveying program of the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary (PDE), […]
Rock Lane Park is a neighborhood gem in Cheltenham. Its name comes from the majestic schist rocks that form the bed of Rock Creek. On the first Saturday of May, […]
TTF will recognize the following honorees at our third annual Watershed Milestones Award Ceremony & Reception on Wednesday, May 21! Event tickets can be purchased here. Friends of High School Park Award: Friend of […]
It’s often said that “seeing is believing.” That’s what our attendees learned through Managing Rainfall: TTF Stormwater Project Tour, our two season innovative green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) project tour series. These fall […]
On October 27, over 25 volunteers planted native species along the Tookany Creek in Cheltenham’s Parkview Park. This planting expanded upon the existing riparian buffer. TTF staff talked to volunteers and community […]
Cheltenham Township recently hosted two well-attended educational meetings as part of its process for reviewing a Riparian Corridor Ordinance. TTF’s Executive Director, Julie Slavet, expressed TTF’s strong support in favor […]
