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All posts tagged: Poquessing Watershed

Happy #WorldTurtleDay, Philly!

May 23, 2018  |  Brian Rademaekers

The American Tortoise Rescue organization has hosted this special day all about our shelled friends for the last 17 years to help people “celebrate and protect turtles and tortoises and their disappearing habitats around the world.” That mission strikes a cord with us because we often see (and occasionally interact with) turtles in our daily efforts to protect and improve Philadelphia waterways

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Start a Conversation About Protecting Water: Add Wildlife Markers to Your Block

June 1, 2017  |  Brian Rademaekers

Adding our storm drain markers—each with a unique type of aquatic wildlife depending on your watershed—to your block can start a conversation with neighbors about how communities can protect local waterways. Many people don’t realize that what goes down storm drains can harm local animals like otters, turtles, herons, endangered fish and more…

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Learn About the Hidden Streams Beneath Our Feet on Monday, March 16

March 10, 2015  |  Abby Sullivan

If you’re intersted in learning about our watershed or rivers (or history for that matter!), we highly recommend attending a talk by our very own historian, Adam Levine, this coming Monday, March 16 at National Mechanics (22 S. 3rd Street) at 6PM. The talk, titled “From Creek to Sewer: History of Topographical Change in Philadelphia,” is part of the Tapping Our Watershed science cafe series and wi

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