The Philly Watersheds Blog is not in the habit of posting photos of baby animals for the sake of posting photos of baby animals (although it is Friday, and who among you would blame us?), and so we inform you that this red-bellied turtle hatchling was spotted earlier this week near the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge along the Delaware River.
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As the peak of the shad spawning season arrives, WHYY’s NewsWorks has a very informative article (and great photos) about the Fairmount fish ladder, including interviews with PWD aquatic biologists Lance Butler and Joe Perillo.
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Check out Denver Water’s Use Only What You Need campaign for some clever photos, posters and videos about water conservation.
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PWD has been working to return streams to their natural state and create stable, healthy waterways able to sustain native vegetation and aquatic life.
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We’d like to stress that the graph above does not show the marked increase in consumption of Halloween candy in area households. It does, however, tell a tale of two storms and how they influenced specific conductance (rough translation: amount of dissolved salt) in Tacony Creek last month.
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The final installment of the Hurricane Irene edition of Scenes From A Storm comes from the Tacony Creek.
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Today’s post-Hurricane Irene photos come from the Wissahickon, where at least one crayfish (above) was inconvenienced by flooding.
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This week we’re bringing you a series of posts dedicated to some of the stunning photos and videos taken by PWD personnel and our watershed friends in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene last weekend.
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Bivalves are everywhere: Here’s a roundup of some recent articles on the local oyster and mussel population:
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Here’s another fish story via the Schuylkill Action Network:
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