The Cedars House

Join Wissahickon Environmental Center and Friends of the Wissahickon to sample water in the Wissahickon for salt levels.Road salt pollution is no longer just a winter problem. Recent research shows the build up of salt from many years continues to effect our freshwater streams and rivers year round. Join Wissahickon Environmental Center (WEC) and Friends of the Wissahickon staff/volunteers to sample water throughout the Creek system for salt levels. Meet outside of Cedar’s House off of Forbidden Drive and Northwestern Ave and then travel to locations within the Park for water collection. If you have a car or bicycle, that

Have fun looking for the small animals that call the Wissahickon Creek home!We will learn and look for animals that live in the Wissahickon Creek, including bugs, fish, frogs and more! Please wear water shoes if you want to go in the creek.

Have fun looking for the small animals that call the Wissahickon Creek home!We will learn and look for animals that live in the Wissahickon Creek, including bugs, fish, frogs and more! Please wear water shoes if you want to go in the creek.

Have fun looking for the small animals that call the Wissahickon Creek home!We will learn and look for animals that live in the Wissahickon Creek, including bugs, fish, frogs and more! Please wear water shoes if you want to go in the creek.

Join us for a nature walk on Forbidden Drive and the Orange Trail where we look for early signs of the spring season.Join us for a nature walk on Forbidden Drive and the Orange Trail where we look for early signs of the spring season, such as Wood Ducks and Eastern Phoebes, and Skunk Cabbage and other plants.Meet at Cedars House on Forbidden Drive. Free.