Another TTF Team member becomes a Master Watershed Steward!
Last fall, I was able to take the first ever Master Watershed Steward class for Philadelphia County! It was a unique experience as the course needed to move online like […]
Tag: Water Monitoring
Tacony Creek Park Keepers Meeting & Training
Care about Tacony Creek Park? Become a Tacony Creek Park Keeper! Meet with your neighbors and share your concerns and ideas to help improve our neighborhood park. Learn how you […]
Tacony Creek Park Keepers Meeting & Training
Care about Tacony Creek Park? Become a Tacony Creek Park Keeper! Meet with your neighbors and share your concerns and ideas to help improve our neighborhood park. Learn how you […]
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 […]
Using Model My Watershed with students along the Jenkintown Creek
Guest blog by Rosanne Mistretta, Director of Experiential Learning, Abington Friends School and member, TTF Board of Directors I am currently working with science teacher Roseanne Liberti to pilot a […]
Meet TTF Intern Morgan Miller!
By Morgan Miller, Arcadia University, biology major Hi! I’m Morgan, and I’m a summer intern for TTF. I’m a junior at Arcadia University, majoring in biology with a concentration in […]
Meet Sophie, summer intern!
Hello, my name is Sophie Buckingham, and I’m excited to be starting a summer internship with the TTF Watershed Partnership. I am a recent graduate of Abington High School and […]
Milestone Awards – Friend of the Watershed: Latinas in Motion, Tom Manns, and Streamkeepers
Friend of the TTF Watershed Latinas In Motion Latinas in Motion (LIM) is a nationwide nonprofit organization founded in Philadelphia in 2013 by Elaine Johnson. Their mission is to encourage, […]
Meet Geoffrey Selling, TTF Watershed Hero!
By Geoffrey Selling Just as the Tookany winds through Montgomery County, my journey to TTF was winding and indirect. Life is full of unexpected moments and chance meetings and I […]
Monitoring Water Quality with the Streamkeepers
By: Klavdiya Vasylenko, Temple University student I found out about TTF by searching for volunteer and internship opportunities in the Philadelphia area that had to do with my major, environmental […]
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 […]
Update on Water Quality Monitoring in the TTF watershed
This blog is drawn from a letter and attachments provided to our municipal partners — Abington, Jenkintown, and Cheltenham — in September. Dear Municipal Partners: We wanted to take the […]
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 […]
Guest Blog by TTF Streamkeeper Tom McKeon
Thoughts on Watershed Awareness in Philadelphia Guest Blog by Tom McKeon, TTF Streamkeeper* […]
Summer Interns Bring Zip to TTF: Welcome Dana & Kieran!
We really count on our interns to help us get our important watershed improvement done! We are delighted to host Dana and Kieran this summer. Dana Kluchinski Hi! I’m Dana […]
Sharing is Caring: TTF at 2015 Watershed Congress along the Schuylkill
Written by TFF Staff Watershed protection leaders came together in March for the 2015 Watershed Congress along the Schuylkill at Montgomery County Community College in Pottstown. Presented by the Delaware Riverkeeper […]
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 […]
Stroud Center’s Matt Ehrhart answers a tough watershed question
How do you use very limited financial resources to help restore the enormous damage to our waterways caused by past development practices? A question most people don’t think about much […]
Green City Teachers Get Up Close & Personal with TTF Watershed Ed Tools
In late June, TTF Community Watershed Specialist Alex Cooper presented watershed education tools as part of a Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) Green City Teachers workshop at Kelly Elementary School in […]
Third Annual Community Service Breakfast both delicious and informative!
Yesterday, we hosted our third annual Community Service Breakfast. We think it was the best breakfast ever! Our guests networked, enjoyed a delicious, healthy breakfast from Whole Foods Market Jenkintown, […]
Young Women Environmentalists Explore the Urban Watershed
Summer camp season may have just ended, but not before 9 young ladies participated in a camp focusing on water issues throughout Philadelphia and the TTF watershed! Funded by the Society […]
TTF Welcomes Community Engagement Coordinator
TTF is very excited to add a member to the team: Alex Cooper, our new Community Engagement Coordinator! Alex holds a degree in Geography with a concentration in hydrology from West […]