Description
This project was aimed at enlarging, enhancing and maintaining Houston Meadow, which provides a unique and important habitat for birds, butterflies and other wildlife. Continue reading
Wissahickon Creek
Andorra Meadow Reclamation
Description
- Delineated substantially expanded area and improved quality of meadow (21 ac) and shrubland (4 ac) Identifying beneficial trees such as oaks, hickories and hollies to retain for habitat
Crossways Preserve Meadow Restoration – Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association
Description
This seven acre site was dominated by a variety of invasive plant species. Continue reading
Whitemarsh Wetland Restoration – Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association
Description
An existing baseball field was removed in order to restore a former wetland alongside the Sandy Run tributary to the Wissahickon Creek. Continue reading
Aiden Lair Park
Description
Retrofit and upgrade of an existing dry pond stormwater basin to improve water quality. Continue reading
Foulkeways at Gwynedd
Description
Foulkeways at Gwynedd, a local retirement community, contacted the Wissahickon Valley Watershed (WVWA) about improving a basin that had been taken over by phragmites and cattail. Continue reading
Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Stormwater Management Techniques
Description
Since its inception more than 50 years ago, The Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association (WVWA) has promoted intelligent land use practices Continue reading
Wises Mill Run Stream Restoration
Description
Wises Mill Run is a steep first-order tributary to the main stem of the Wissahickon Creek. The tributary consists of a northern branch, which is 3,500 feet long, and a southern branch, which is 1,300 feet long. Continue reading
Wises Mill Run Stormwater Wetland
Description
The influences of urbanization had significant impacts on the Wises Mill watershed. Since the late 1950’s, the contributing watershed has been fully developed. Continue reading
Valley Green Inn Environmental Restoration Program
Description
The Valley Green Environmental Restoration Program was created by the Friends of the Wissahickon to rehabilitate the Valley Green Inn and improve the environmental condition of the land surrounding the Inn. Continue reading
Springside School Stormwater Management Techniques
Description
Between 2007 and 2009, two projects were undertaken to address stormwater management on Springside School’s campus, located on the banks of the Wissahickon Creek in Northwest Philadelphia. Continue reading
Schuylkill Center for Environmental Stormwater Management Techniques
Description
The development of a green roof on the main education building of the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education adds a stormwater component to the Center’s education curriculum. Continue reading
Saylor Grove Stormwater Wetland
Description
In the spring of 2006, the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) designed and constructed a 0.70 acre stormwater treatment wetland in Saylor Grove to address the impact of urban runoff and bank erosion along the Monoshone Creek. Continue reading
Sandy Run Stream Restoration
Description
Abington Township has been close to being “built-out” for many years. Continue reading
Roslyn Park Riparian Buffer
Description
Roslyn Park and the health of the Sandy Run have been transformed over the last four to five years due to three successive riparian buffer plantings. Continue reading
Roslyn Park Rain Garden
Description
URS Corporation designed a rain garden and infiltration trench and provided two workshops on behalf of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) as part of a competition for municipalities within the Wissahickon Creek Watershed. Continue reading
Rose Valley Creek Retrofit Design
Description
In October 2009, the Friends of Borough Park in Ambler began an effort to restore 3.5 acres of the park bisected by Rose Valley Creek. Continue reading
Ricciardi Park Rain Garden
Description
In an October 2008 workshop taught by URS Corporation’s Senior Ecologist Antonio Federici, homeowners were given the opportunity to learn about installing a rain garden on private land. Continue reading
Philadelphia University Independence Plaza Stormwater Management Techniques
Description
In March 2008, staff of Philadelphia University’s Physical Plant approached the Landscape Architecture Program and Environmental & Conservation Biology Program to request help with the design of a buffer planting at the Independence Plaza Apartments, located at the edge of Philadelphia University’s campus in Philadelphia’s East Falls neighborhood. Continue reading
Paper Mill Run Streambank Restoration
Description
Paper Mill Run is an unnamed tributary of the Wissahickon Creek in northwest Philadelphia and Montgomery County. Continue reading