10-7-2023 Join Us for National Public Lands Day!
For National Public Lands Day*, Friends of Glen Providence Park will again plant native trees and shrubs in the...
read moreChristmas Bird Count 2022
The Saturday before Christmas, nine of us ambled in Glen Providence Park on a beautiful, cold, sunny morning for the Christmas Bird...
read moreWater Monitoring in Broomall’s Run
Several Friends of Glen Providence Park citizen scientists recently gathered in the park to test a water sample for a number of...
read moreSeasonal Children’s Series!
We are delighted to announce a new Seasonal Children’s Series this year in Glen Providence Park! Each seasonal event will...
read moreChristmas Bird Count 2021
The Saturday before Christmas, eight of us headed out on a very overcast morning in Glen Providence Park for the Christmas Bird...
read moreUnintended effects of moving rocks in the stream
You have likely noticed the seemingly whimsical stacks of rocks along the stream in Glen Providence Park. People have also been...
read moreSpring Bird Walk List 2021
It was a beautiful spring morning on Saturday for our 9th Spring Bird Walk in Glen Providence Park! Alas, we had canceled last...
read moreConservation Crew
Join us Friday mornings in Glen Providence Park! We remove invasive shrubs and vines that strangle beneficial native plants and crowd...
read more12-15-2018 Christmas Bird Count
Join Friends of Glen Providence Park in our 8th year participating in the Christmas Bird Count, the world’s...
read more11-10-2018 History & Nature Walk
Join us for a late fall history and nature walk in Glen Providence Park! We’ll follow part of the self-guided route from the...
read more1941 Trail Plantings!
For our 8th National Public Lands Day on Saturday, October 6, we installed wildlife habitat plantings along the 1941 Trail in Glen...
read more6-16-2018 Stream Walk for Kids
Come explore the life in and around the stream in Glen Providence Park! Science teachers Holly Hoffmann and Aura Lester will lead...
read more5-5-2018 Spring Bird Walk
Join us for a bird walk in Glen Providence Park during spring migration! We’ll look for warblers and other migrants, and see if...
read moreChristmas Bird Count 2017
A congenial group of both new and long-time citizen scientist volunteers joined us on a 21-degree morning for our seventh Christmas...
read moreSpring Bird Walk List
What a great turnout for our Spring Bird Walk in Glen Providence Park this morning – we had 22 people, including 2 kids, and 2...
read more5-6-2017 Spring Bird Walk
Join us for a bird walk in Glen Providence Park during spring migration! We’ll look for warblers and all sorts of other migrants,...
read moreChristmas Bird Count 2016
Conditions were a bit challenging for our sixth Christmas Bird Count (CBC) in Glen Providence Park – it was freezing...
read more80 Years of Fishing
Since it was created by the WPA in 1936 for fishing and skating, the pond in Glen Providence Park has seen its fair share of fishing,...
read moreA WPA Pond
One of the most beloved features of the Glen Providence Park is the man-made pond at its center – created 80 years ago for...
read moreNature Walks & A History Talk
We have monthly nature walks (or volunteer days) in Glen Providence Park, year-round! We’ve documented our Spring Cleanups in March...
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