STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION SCA’s mission is to build the next generation Crew member Sarina Kun INTRODUCTION says, “SCA has inspired of conservation leaders and inspire lifelong me to continue to work in Forbidden Drive is a multi-use trail that follows a creek through stewardship of the environment and nature and search for green Wissahickon Valley Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Student Conservationcommunities Association by engagingpartnered withyoung the peopleFriends in of the jobs that work to help the Wissahickonhands-on to repair service portions to theof the land. flood-damaged trail and conserving the planet.” install drainage. The park features 57 miles of trails throughout Crew member Shawn its 1,800It’s acres, Our crossing Job, Every forest Day and meadow before plunging Stokes enthuses, down to the Wissahickon Creek. Forbidden Drive is a 7-mile “Everything around you multi-useEvery trail day that SCA follows unites the young creek. people The withpark hands-onis designated an out here is life.” “Importantenvironmental Birding Area” challenges. by the National Every day Audubonwe create Society. future In 2017, stewardsSCA Community of our land, Crews healthier installed environments waterbars toand— redirect water flowultimately—a away from betterthe trail. world. Waterbar installation involves EXPLORE! removing debris, digging ditches to transport water, and strategicallyVisit placing us online rocks at andthe scalogs.org within the ditch to control www.fow.org/visit-the-park/maps the direction of water flow. The crew also helped to protect the native habitat by removing invasive species, including stinging nettle and devil’s walking stick. 76 Schuylkill River Wissahickon Valley Park PROUD SCA SPONSOR SCA PROUD Photo: DonnaL.Long Photo: Wissahickon Valley Park Valley Wissahickon Forbidden Drive, Drive, Forbidden PHILADELPHIA URBAN TRAILS GUIDE TRAILS URBAN STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION CONSERVATION STUDENT STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION CONSERVATION STUDENT.