Past Events
Public Meeting on Wissahickon Creek Feasibility Study
 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District (USACE) and the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) are conducting a feasibility study for Wissahickon Creek in Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties. A public meeting to discuss this projectwas held at the New Covenant Campus in Mt. Airy on January 14, 2010.
The feasibility study will examine and consider potential solutions to problems in the Wissahickon watershed identified in a reconnaissance report. This report determined the Wissahickon watershed had a poor-quality aquatic habitat, stream-flow variability issues, flooding problems, and overall ecosystem imbalances. Several possible solutions under consideration include stabilization of the stream bank, natural stream channel restoration, fish passage construction, and wetlands creation.
The study will focus on several sections of Wissahickon Creek and its tributaries in Philadelphia, including Little and Big Ridge Avenue Dams, Monoshone Creek, Carpenter’s Woods, Gorgas Lane, Livezey Dam, Cresheim Dam and Creek, Magargee Dam, Cathedral Run, and Thomas Mill Dam.
In addition to PWD the USACE is working with other agencies and organizations, including the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and Biohabitats Inc. Funding for the feasibility study is cost-shared between USACE and PWD. For more information, click here.
Meet the Directors:
Fairmount Park’s Mark Focht and FOW’s Maura McCarthy spoke with thirty park users on November 18 at
Valley Green Inn. They gave updates on current and upcoming projects in Wissahickon Valley Park including FOW’s Sustainable Trails Initiative and Fairmount Park’s most recent ecological improvements to our park habitat and waterways. This lecture was offered through FOW’s Protect Our Watershed program.
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