A Summer Herpetology Walk
What a lovely, unseasonably cool summer morning for our fun Herpetology Walk in Glen Providence Park on August 9! Kyle Loucks led the...
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Native Plants for National Public Lands Day!
What a wonderful turnout and beautiful morning for our 4th National Public Lands Day! On September 27, three dozen adults, teens,...
read moreEmergency Streambank Repair
At yesterday’s Delaware County Council meeting, a contract was approved for emergency repair of the streambank at the base of...
read moreA Year in the 1.1 Acre
In 2013, we kept a photojournal to document the planned construction area in Glen Providence Park for Broomall’s Dam at 3rd...
read more1.1 Acre Project – Summer 2013
We continued to visit Glen Providence Park’s 1.1 Acre construction area for Broomall’s Dam during the hot and unusually(!) wet...
read moreApril 1.1 Acre Project: Historical Springs
As we visited the park’s 1.1 Acre construction area for Broomall’s Dam throughout the month of April, it was exciting to...
read moreA Fun Stream Cleanup!
At the 16th Annual Chester-Ridley-Crum Watersheds Streams Cleanup, at least 18 adults and 15 children removed 8 bags of trash and 15...
read moreStatement of Support for Dam Removal & Stream Restorati...
On Monday, February 25, 2013, Delaware County Court of Common Pleas Judge James Proud revoked the 2011 Stipulation Agreement between...
read moreConcept Sketch of Glen Providence Park
Individuals from the Friends of Glen Providence Park attended the second public meeting for Delaware County’s Open Space Plan on...
read more1941 Nature Guide!
We were delighted and amazed to find a copy of the 1941 Nature Guide to Glen Providence Park in the Media Historic Archives, after...
read moreA Rainy Walk in the Woods
It was drizzling last Saturday morning for our Naturalist Walk & Talk in Glen Providence Park, but that didn’t scare us off- and...
read more3-12-2013 Open Space Plan Public Forum
There is an exciting and important upcoming meeting that impacts future plans for Glen Providence Park. Last year, we told you about...
read moreThe 1.1 Acre Project
It’s our 2013 project to document the plants and wildlife in Glen Providence Park! We’ll continue our photojournal of...
read moreApril Photojournal
Glen Providence Park burst into color and bird song in April! At the beginning of the month there were just splashes of color, with...
read moreWhat does dam removal look like?
Friends of Glen Providence Park, after carefully doing research and weighing the evidence, has decided to fully support dam removal...
read moreStreamside Buffer Plantings for Earth Day!
We did it! On April 28, the Friends of Glen Providence Park planted elegant native trees, shrubs, ferns, grasses, and perennials...
read more5/5/2012 CRC Streams Cleanup!
Friends of Glen Providence Park is proud to be helping the Chester-Ridley-Crum Watersheds Association (CRC) with their 15th Annual...
read more4/28/2012 Plantings for Earth Day
Our next volunteer day will be exciting- we were approved for a Delaware County Conservation District Mini-Grant for streamside buffer...
read moreDam Removal & Stream Restoration
Last November, PennDOT met with Media Borough Council members and clarified that PennDOT’s funding for 80% of the 3rd Street...
read moreSkunk Cabbage
I have always noticed the Skunk Cabbage in Glen Providence Park, but only this year did I learn how remarkable these plants...
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