We are so proud to announce, along with partner the Olney Culture Lab, the award-winning photos from our third biennial photo contest, Capturing the TTF Watershed Wide. Participants could photograph […]
So many people and organizations have made incredible strides to protect our watershed. Let’s celebrate the accomplishments of ten honorees who have made a difference in the TTF Watershed at […]
UPDATE: The event is being moved inside to the Elkins Park train station due to the rain. Mapping Our Watershed, a participatory art and community science project taking place in […]
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 […]
This is a repost from the Pennsylvania Interfaith Power & Light (PA IPL) website, written by Tyler Fowler, PA IPL Fellow. Find the original post here. We are delighted to […]
Organizational Background The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership (TTF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that works across its 30-square-mile urban watershed, collaborating with its municipalities and connecting watershed residents to their creeks. […]
Our annual BioBlitz ran from April 22 through May 1. A BioBlitz encourages participants to observe as many species over a set amount of time in a particular geographic area. […]
A free hands-on workshop where we’ll make prints with plants! The stems, leaves, and flowers of plants are essential to their functions: making their own food and providing it to […]
Learn about the plants that make our watershed healthy with science educators from the Academy of Natural Sciences-and make a tree rubbing! Plants and trees are not just beautiful to […]
A hands-on workshop where we’ll make and use paint from soil! Prehistoric humans made their paint from rocks and soil. We are still making art with these rich colors today. […]
Original date: June 18. New Date: Saturday, July 15 A hands-on workshop where we’ll learn all about the beauty and function of soil in watershed health! Soil is the skin […]
A hands-on workshop making art inspired by water! We’ll make photo collages and prints using the Japanese marbling technique of suminagashi. Water is essential to life on Earth; it is […]
A hands-on workshop where we’ll learn how to assess watershed health and document the visual power of water! The way water moves and behaves tells us a lot about the […]
Join us for a week-long BioBlitz within the TTF Watershed in Philadelphia and Montgomery County! Starting on Saturday, April 22, volunteers can use the free iNaturalist smartphone app to document wildlife […]
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 […]
Did you know that the part of our watershed in Philadelphia has roughly 12,000 storm drains that flow into the Tacony Creek, many of which are still unmarked? Our Montgomery […]
By Siani Colon, TCP Keeper We are so proud to share this Guest Blog by Siani Colon. Siani is an active TCP Keeper and the recipient of our 2021 Watershed […]
Over 120 Mariana Bracetti Charter School fourth graders and teachers participated in a storm drain marking and clean-up event around the Tacony Creek Park gateway at Bingham & E. Ashdale […]
(Featured photo – credit to Jose Rivera @joserivera0605 on Instagram.) Reading is essential. Right now, according to Read by 4th, 2 out of 3 of our children are reading below […]
Philadelphia, PA (May 24, 2022) – Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, Inc. (TTF), in collaboration with Habitheque, is proud to announce the selection of two partners for the design and construction of […]
On Wednesday, April 13, TTF and Riverfront North Partnership staff visited New York, exploring three parks across three boroughs to learn about park planning efforts in other cities. Our first […]
Reading is essential. We are so proud that we have been able to enhance learning opportunities within our watershed (which is really a big outdoor classroom), especially along Tacony Creek […]
You will get to put together a real deer skeleton using a drawing as a guide. Then we will compare the deer’s skeleton with other skeletons. We will also play […]
Depending on how calm or wild the Creek is that day we will either explore the physical and chemical characteristics of the Tookany Creek or collect and evaluate the organisms […]
