Description
A stormwater outfall pipe sited on a forested slope formed an eroding gully up to 12 feet deep and was contributing excess sediment to Cobbs Creek. Continue reading
Riparian Buffer
Carroll Park Gully Repair and Wetland Enhancement
Description
The project site begins at two outfall pipes that discharged to a created gully. Continue reading
Belmont Intake Project
Description
A very active goose feeding area next to a parking lot was causing several problems 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
TreeVitalize Urban Reforestation Program
Description
In March 2003, a partnership between the USDA Forest Service, American Forests, Inc, and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) produced a study that estimates the five-county Philadelphia region lost 8% of its heavy tree cover (34,000 acres) over the past 15 years. 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
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
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
Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust Riparian Buffer
Location
The T-VSSI researchers installed a Stormwater Wetland and associated Riparian Buffer along Terwood Run, south of the Inverness Road bridge at the Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust (PERT). 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
Miles Park Riparian Buffer Restoration
Description
The Whitemarsh Environmental Advisory Board initiated a phased riparian restoration project in the township’s premier park. Continue reading
McCarthy Park Riparian Buffer Restoration
Description
Native Return, LLC is working as a dual consultant for the Township of Whitemarsh and the Colonial School District, in a cooperative effort to address a long standing problem affecting both entities, which own adjacent flood-prone land in Montgomery County. Continue reading
Horsham Township Riparian Buffer Plantings
Description
With two TreeVitalize grants providing the funding and volunteers providing the manpower, the Montgomery County Conservation District oversaw the planting of 670 trees on two sections of the Natural Lands Trust Property at Welsh Road and Mann Road in Horsham Township. Continue reading
Blair Mill Elementary School ‘Watershed Day’ BMP Installation
Description
On Saturday, April 25th, 2009, Blair Mill Elementary School held its first Watershed Day event. There were hands on activities for the children to get involved in as well as displays from many local environmental agencies. Continue reading
Cobbs Creek Corridor Stormwater Management Plan
Description
To improve a corridor of Cobbs Creek upstream from the existing Marshall Road restoration site, A.D. Marble and Company designed a site plan in 2005 for the Philadelphia Water Department. Continue reading