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FOW relies on member and volunteer support to help care for the 1,800-acre Wissahickon Valley Park for people and wildlife alike. Visit and get involved today!
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Plants & Wildlife
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News & Events
Project Announcement: Andorra Stormwater Management and Sedimentation Reduction Project
By Peg Shaw, Director of Land Management CLOSED ON THURSDAY 6/21/18 – Northwestern Avenue at the Upper Parking Lot Work will be underway for a few days on Northwestern Ave just above the parking lot entrance...
Pennsylvania Names Philadelphia’s Forbidden Drive as 2018 Trail of the Year
The Pennsylvania Department of Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced that Forbidden Drive located in Wissahickon Valley Park, has been named 2018 Trail of the Year. “This trail truly is among so many...
Up At The Tree House-A Little Tree House Library
By Christina Moresi, M.Ed., Wissahickon Environmental Center The summer is upon us at the Tree House, and the forest is full of life. There is adventure on every trail, and every day a new discovery....
Jun23rd
Summit Avenue Revisited
Meet at the Summit Avenue Trailhead. Last year, we spent many Saturdays building a re-route of the yellow trail by the Summit Avenue trailhead. Now that it’s been in use for close to a year,…
Jun24th
Trails Less Traveled I: The Monoshone Trail with Gerry Schweiger
At Johnson Street between Wissahickon Av. and Lincoln Drive Johnson is one way between Wissahickon and Lincoln so enter Johnson from Wissahickon. Park on Johnson as close to Lincoln as possible. Did you know that…
Jun28th
Trail Work Thursdays
Meet at Pachella Field Join FOW on Thursday for a morning of trail maintenance in the park! Work will consist of regular trail maintenance projects including repairing drains and grade reversals, repairing stone work, narrowing…