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Beginning in 1992, The Friends of the Wissahickon began to publish a quarterly newsletter. The purpose of the newsletter is to keep our members, volunteers, and all other interested parties aware of the activities and achievements of the Friends, matters affecting Park preservation and much more. The newsletter is mailed or distributed to 7,000 readers. Bill Hengst has been serving as the editor since 1992.
At the annual meeting in June, the nominating committee of the Friends of the Wissahickon presented a slate of changes to the Board of Directors, which was unanimously ratified by the membership... "Good partnerships add up to a
total entity that is greater than the sum of its parts - one plus one plus one
can equal five." This is how Michael DiBerardinis emphasized the value of
partnering for nonprofit organizations in his talk on "Public Private Partnerships,"
presented June 6 at the annual meeting of the Friends of the Wissahickon. Who in the world is Monoshone? Since moving to Germantown in 1995, Anna Cunnyngham has initiated environmental stewardship efforts in the Monoshone watershed. This is the first of her two articles about the waters of the Monoshone. The second article on the history of the Monoshone--disclosing where its tributaries once were visible and later paved over--will appear in the fall issue of this newsletter... Fairmount Water Works: During the 18th century, the Water Works was the second most popular The Natural Lands
Restoration and Environmental Education Program (NLREEP for short) was
established through a $26.6 million grant
from the William Penn Foundation to the Fairmount Park Commission . NLREEP is charged with making improvements
to seven parks within the Fairmount park system-- the Wissahickon, East and
West Fairmount Park (flanking the Schuylkill River), the Pennypack, Poquessing,
and Tacony Parks in northeast Philadelphia, Cobbs Creek Park in West Philadelphia,
and FDR Park in South Philadelphia... National
Trails Day 2000 saw volunteers at work on the trail upstream of the
Bells Mill parking lot, along the east side of the creek. The day was sponsored
by the International Mountain Bike Association which assisted with two of their
professional trail crew leaders and provided lunch. Volunteers moved heavy
stones (left), built and installed a 32-foot long catwalk over a large wet area
(right), using cyprus wood donated by the Philadelphia Water Department |
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