Life Aquatic: Snapping Turtle
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 | MFritch
Who's afraid of a little (or, in some cases, actually quite large) snapping turtle?...
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Sixty Square Feet of Inspiration
Monday, July 25, 2011 | None
It's been almost a month since we last mentioned PWD's green roof bus shelter at 15th and Market, and now that the novelty has died down, you might be wondering what all the fuss was about. After all, it's only 60 square feet of green roof—how much of a difference can it really make?...
Read More →In The News: Water, Watersheds Everywhere
Thursday, July 21, 2011 | MFritch
Today's Philadelphia Inquirer featured a trifecta of water and watershed-related news:...
Read More →Pottsville Says: No Dumping!
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 | MFritch
Beginning next week, storm drains in Pottsville—approximately 120 river miles upstream of Philadelphia—will be marked with the "No Dumping! Drains To River"...
Read More →This Place Is BMPing: Waterview Recreation Center
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 | MFritch
Multiple BMPs at Waterview Recreation Center in East Germantown make this site a study in the different approaches to urban stormwater management....
Read More →You're Invited: Green Home, Clean Waters
Monday, July 18, 2011 | None
PWD's Green City, Clean Waters plan isn't just about the city installing porous paving and constructing stormwater tree trenches—you can get involved with the effort by undertaking projects on your own property....
Read More →Watershed History: Roxborough Pumping Station Demolition
Friday, July 15, 2011 | MFritch
As of July 7, the old Roxborough Pumping Station was in the process of being demolished....
Read More →Required Reading: A Vision For The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed
Thursday, July 14, 2011 | MFritch
The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership has just released the final version of its plan for the restoration, revitalization and future health of the watershed....
Read More →Green Roof For Queen Bees
Thursday, July 14, 2011 | MFritch
This Saturday, July 16, some Queen Village bees are getting their own green roof....
Read More →We've Been Shad
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 | None
Our post from earlier this month about American shad ascending the Schuylkill above Norristown for the first time in nearly 200 years contained a fish story of a different sort, as we mentioned that George Washington (pictured above, on the banks of some other river besides the Schuylkill) may have fed his troops Schuylkill shad during trying Revolutionary times....
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