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Sheesh. Outrageous fall beauty happening out on ou

Sheesh. Outrageous fall beauty happening out on our Cresheim Trail right now. Catch the canopy while you can! 🍁

#cresheimtrail #fallfoliage

What a picture perfect morning for our October vol

What a picture perfect morning for our October volunteer workday yesterday. Over 40 volunteers came - thank you @fowissahickon for the boost! - and we got a ton of great stuff done.

We gave some much needed attention to the trail crossing at Cresheim Road, specifically shoring up and regrading the north side, closing the short cut, and making it generally more interesting. We cut a lot of english ivy growing on trees and trimmed back vegetation (mostly native spicebush) growing into the trail. We replaced two rotting logs on the log ride with a freshly fallen sassafras, and we added another log ride further down the trail with a fallen white ash tree. Thanks as always to Dave D for the chainsaw work.

Up on the rail trail rough draft, we had a crew wack the weeds and brush so that it is passable the entire length between Germantown and Stenton Avenues. The contractors at the Trolley Car Diner project have placed materials outside their construction site and on the ramp up from Germantown Avenue, but there is room to go around it.

And finally, with assistance from legendary park friend David Bower, we removed a giant TV and a chest of drawers that were dumped (at our staging site on Cresheim Road no less), as well as about six other bags of trash collected during the day. All in all, a truly terrific outing, so once again THANK YOU to everyone who came out.

Our next workday will happen Saturday, November 16th, and will be our annual Love Your Park fall planting. Details to come.

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THIS SUNDAY: Join us for a volunteer workday in ni

THIS SUNDAY: Join us for a volunteer workday in nigh perfect conditions: sunny, clear, 75º, and all kinds of colorful fall foliage. We’ll have all kinds of trail stuff to do: sightline clearing, the last vegetation trimming of the year, trail tread improvements, and hopefully, some much needed attention to the log ride. The photo here shows Dave, Nick, and Lance doing some serious heavy lifting on the last update to the log ride.

That’s this Sunday, October 20th. We’ll meet at 9am on Cresheim Road where Cresheim Trail crosses. See you there!

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Let’s try this again with the right day on the i

Let’s try this again with the right day on the image…

The early forecast for this SUNDAY is, in a nutshell, perfect. Changing leaves, a nip in the air, and long handled tools are all planned for our monthly volunteer workday, this Sunday, October 20th. We’ll meet at 9am on Cresheim Road where Cresheim Trail crosses (see map in slide 2).

We’ve got a variety of tasks, including some trail improvements (grade reversals and tread work), the usual vegetation stuff (sight line clearing, invasive mitigation), and some other things. We’ll be happy to have a hand from @fowissahickon too. It’s gonna be a good one - see you there?

PARKING: If you’re driving, plan on parking on *westbound* Cresheim Road (going downhill from Allens Lane). Cresheim Road has relatively light traffic and you can pull onto the shoulder.

Next month’s volunteer workday will be our annual fall planting as part of Love Your Park. That’s happening Saturday, November 16th - details to come.

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Thank you to everyone who came out to Springfield

Thank you to everyone who came out to Springfield Community Day and stopped by the Cresheim Trail table yesterday! It’s great to see enthusiasm building as we plan our next phases into the township.

That’s a wrap on our tabling events for the year, but we’ve got three more volunteer workdays to go. The next one is coming on Sunday, October 20th at 9am. Save the date and we’ll share details shortly.

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THIS SUNDAY, come and see us at Springfield Commun

THIS SUNDAY, come and see us at Springfield Community Day. The annual event begins at 9am with a 5K race, and we’ll be there 10am–1pm with a table of big maps and small handouts. (Please note: Everything at this event is free, so we will not have our merch for sale.) Springfield Community Day takes place this Sunday October 6th at Cisco Park, 200 Montgomery Avenue in Erdenheim.

The Cresheim Trail will pass through Springfield Township - twice! - on its way to Fort Washington State Park. The “rough draft” of the rail trail currently goes to Stenton Avenue, the boundary between Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties. As we design this section and plan for its official construction, we’re already thinking about the next phase, the half-mile in Springfield between Stenton Ave and Mermaid Park. We hope to have more info to share soon.

In the meantime, come see us on Sunday! #cresheimtrail #springfieldcommunityday

Well OWL be. Have a look at this t-shirt! It’s t

Well OWL be. Have a look at this t-shirt! It’s the one that supports the Cresheim Trail and sings a song of praise for the Eastern Screech Owl. Well, maybe a whinny of praise. 🦉

Our first delivery of shirts ships out this Friday, so get your order in today! They’re $30 (plus shipping), with all proceeds supporting Friends of the Cresheim Trail and the work we do for the trail — stewardship, advocacy, community connections, screech owl fandom. The shirt's design comes from illustrator @ehinkley. Link is in our bio to purchase.

Screech owl calls include a soft whinny, a bubbly tremolo, and when especially agitated, a screech that gives it its name followed by a clicking of its beak. They grow to about 10 inches tall (much smaller than great horned owls) and nest in high-up cavities of trees — including right along the Cresheim Trail, as seen in pic 3 here.

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Happy fall, y'all! And a very big THANK YOU to the

Happy fall, y'all! And a very big THANK YOU to the 12 volunteers who came out yesterday to help us bid adieu to summer.

We gave the Friends Loop a trim, likewise the rail trail south of Germantown Ave, tidied up the boardwalk, and just generally had a good time making small improvements. Thank you thank you.

Our next time out will be Sunday, October 20th. Save the date and we'll share details soon. Pics here from yesterday's workday by Nick. #nickspics

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