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IN THIS ISSUE Annual Public Projects Meeting P Conserving the natural beauty and wildness of the Wissahickon Valley for 96 years SPRING 2020 VOLUME 29 • NUMBER 1 IN THIS ISSUE Annual Public Projects Meeting p. 5 • Super Mega Service Day II p. 8 • Spring Valley Talks p. 12 Photo by Charles Uniatowski A MESSAGE from the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR pring always evokes a feeling of freshness and energy in the woods, and this year I’m feeling that Ssame feeling at FOW because of my new role in the organization I know and love. It is a gift to have something so familiar become new and exciting again. 40 W. Evergreen Ave., Suite 108, Spring in the Wissahickon means renewed activity, Philadelphia, PA 19118-3324 and not just from visitor traffic. At our annual Public (215) 247-0417 • [email protected] • fow.org Projects Meeting (p. 4) I announced several major projects, tied to the completion of our three-year Strategic Trails The mission of Friends of the Wissahickon is to Initiative and Ecological Land Management plan, which conserve the natural beauty and wildness of the are scheduled to begin in 2020. This includes the design of Wissahickon Valley and stimulate public the Valley Green Run and Pedestrian Bridge that will be a interest therein. new signature feature of the park. OFFICERS Things are also hopping—literally!—at the Tree House stormwater ponds Jeff Harbison, President (p. 10), an exciting result of FOW’s Green Stormwater Infrastructure project. Alyssa Edwards, Vice President Designed to slow and redirect stormwater with a series of swales, rock cascades, Fred Magaziner, Vice President and ponds, this functional, beautiful project has become a home to frogs, toads, James Walker, Treasurer birds, and more. David Pope, Secretary PAST PRESIDENTS Cindy Affleck Warmer weather and longer days bring even more Charles Dilks Robert A. Lukens opportunities for engagement with our community David Pope John Rollins partners and friends, who help keep our extraordinary Edward C. Stainton Robert T. Vance Jr. urban wilderness and watershed beautiful. Will Whetzel BOARD MEMBERS Sarah Weidner Asthiemer Louise Johnston Warmer weather and longer days bring even more opportunities for Christine Bamberger Fred Magaziner engagement with our community partners and friends, who help keep our Chris Bentley John Meigs Kevin Berkoff Hooman Parsia extraordinary urban wilderness and watershed beautiful. Join FOW for the Ethan Birchard David Pope second annual Super Mega Volunteer Service Day on June 6 (p. 8) to Stephanie Craighead Jean Sachs remove trash, recycling, and invasives, and plant native flowers—while having Emily Daeschler Janice Sykes-Ross lots of fun! We’re teaming up with Wissahickon Trails (formerly Wissahickon Joanne Dahme Garrett Trego Valley Watershed Association) and the Woodmere Art Museum for our biennial Alyssa Edwards James Walker Wissahickon Photo Contest (p. 16), which kicks off on April 6 and runs Jeff Harbison Patricia R. West Nina Gallagher Susan Wilmerding through October 9. We may have lost a beloved friend last year, but Trail Ambassador Gerry STAFF Schweiger’s contagious love for the Wissahickon will continue to inspire visitors. Ruffian Tittmann, Executive Director His popular “Trails Less Traveled” series of hikes (p. 14) will continue, thanks Audrey Simpson, Business Manager to fellow TA Marv Schwartz. A celebration of Gerry’s life is scheduled for Sarah Marley, Development Director April 5. See details on p. 9. Maeve Pollack, Development and Database Manager While you’re enjoying these and many other TA-led hikes this spring, consider Shawn Green, Volunteer Manager this: Does a visit to the park make you feel happy and healthy? A member of William Ricker, Development Assistant Weavers Way Co-op’s board and founding member of its wellness team invites us Denise Larrabee, Editor at Large to reflect on how the amazing Wissahickon Valley Park contributes to our well- Laura Feragen, Editor/Publicist being with a series of questions on p. 13. Ashley Velez, Executive Coordinator Cindy LaRue, Field Coordinator I am more than thrilled to be guiding FOW into its next phase of growth, Varian Bosch, Field Assistant and soon, into its next century. On a smaller scale, I’ll be guiding groups through Pauline Berkowitz, Capital Projects Coordinator different sections of the Wissahickon (and point out any FOW improvements) on Noah Kulak, Communications Coordinator the last Friday of every month during “Roving with Ruffian” hikes (p. 15). NEWSLETTER Denise Larrabee, Editor At Large Laura Feragen, Editor Moon Design, Layout Printed on recycled paper. Ruffian Tittmann, Executive Director 2 Spring 2020 • Friends of the Wissahickon SAVE THE DATE ANNUAL FOW MEMBERS MEETING TUESDAY, JUNE 2 • 6 PM • VALLEY GREEN INN FOW members are invited to review the past year, elect members to the Board of Directors, and learn about upcoming projects at this annual event. Light refreshments and hors d’oeuvres will be offered. Space is limited and registration is recommended. Visit fow.org/events to register. From the Field WATCH YOUR STEP FOW is asking park users to refrain from using the recently conserved area upstream from the Mt. Airy pedestrian bridge. This area was stabilized using soil lifts, similar to terraces, which were planted with native seeds, young trees, and shrubs. Over time, these plantings will become established growth and naturalize the streambank, which will further support the engineers’ work to the former collapse site along Forbidden Drive. But for now, it is still an active restoration site that needs to season for at least a year. Footsteps can degrade the important conservation efforts of this carefully built project. Therefore, please don’t use these terraces as stairs down to Wissahickon Creek. Photo Credit: Jeff Boyer, RiverLogic CLOSURE: WISSAHICKON VALLEY GIVING There are several ways to make meaningful gifts to PARK BIKE TRAIL BRIDGE advance FOW’s mission. AT FORBIDDEN DRIVE STOCK Consider giving a gift of stock. Our DTC # is 0062 and Due to structural damage our Vanguard Brokerage Acct # is 23501307. from a recent vehicular accident, the bridge UNITED WAY DONATIONS connecting Forbidden Friends of the Wissahickon can receive donations Drive to the Wissahickon through the United Way. If your employer offers United Way giving, and you would like to designate Friends Bike Trail (near “Ten Box” of the Wissahickon as your beneficiary, please use our and along Lincoln Drive) is option code #9882. closed. Until further notice, bicyclists and pedestrians AMAZON SMILE cannot use the trail to If you shop on Amazon.com, use AmazonSmile (smile. connect from Forbidden amazon.com) and select Friends of the Wissahickon Drive to Ridge Avenue. as the nonprofit organization you would like to support. The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5 percent Philadelphia Parks & of the purchase price from your eligible AmazonSmile Recreation (PPR) prioritizes purchases to FOW. the safety of trail users and JOIN FOW’S SUSTAINER PROGRAM appreciates the patience of Support ongoing stewardship (and receive a special park users while it conducts thank you gift) fow.org/sustainerprogram a thorough assessment of the damage. TRAIL DETOUR ROUTES Friends of the Wissahickon • Spring 2020 3 PUBLIC PROJECTS MEETING 2020 or more than a decade, Friends of the Wissahickon’s Fannual Public Projects Meeting has given members and nonmembers alike a chance to review the last year’s key accomplishments and learn about priority projects planned for Wissahickon Valley Park in the coming year and beyond. This year, Ruffian Tittmann addressed the group, gathered at Cathedral Village MONSTER TRAIL in January, for the first time as The steep, rocky “Monster,” on the Yellow Trail heading FOW’s new executive director. south from West Bell’s Mill Road, is favored by park In the ever-changing world users who enjoy a physical and technical challenge. It of the Wissahickon, nothing can is one of five trails scheduled for improvement as FOW be certain—except erosion and looks to complete the Sustainable Trails Initiative (STI). stormwater runoff. Trails that This is a multi-year campaign to restore and preserve an are stable and resist erosion help environmentally and socially sustainable trail system in reduce the amount of sediment Wissahickon Valley Park and serve a growing community and nutrients washing into of park users for generations to come. The restoration the Wissahickon Creek. These project will include regrading, armoring, and deberming factors inform FOW’s trail and the trail to repair existing drainage and prevent habitat improvement decisions, additional erosion of this trail. guided by our Ecological Land Management (ELM) Plan. This long-term plan incorporates scientific management principles while promoting stewardship that engages park users in the connected programmatic areas of land management, wildlife, and watershed stewardship. LAVENDER TRAIL Tittmann showcased the (GULLY NORTH) recently completed Forbidden Drive Streambank Stabilization This project will target Project, completed last fall. Each one of two major erosion of the once-eroded streambank sites along this trail, sites—approximately 1,000 around the Chestnut Hill feet downstream from Valley Avenue/Crefield Street Green Inn, the Mt. Airy Avenue interchange, which is one pedestrian bridge, and immediately of the largest sources of downstream from the Kitchen’s sediment discharge into the Lane Bridge—is a great example Wissahickon Creek. Design of FOW’s conservation-driven and permitting for this construction practices. They were all stabilization
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