Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association (WVWA)
The Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association (WVWA) is a non-profit land trust founded in 1957 to protect the quality and beauty of the Wissahickon Creek.
- A watershed is an area of land that drains surrounding streams and tributaries to a single larger body of water such as a creek, river or the ocean.
- The Wissahickon Watershed consists of 64 square miles, flowing downhill to the Wissahickon Creek or one of its tributaries.
- In 1957 a small, committed group of local leaders conceived the Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association to address the dangers of flooding posed by the Creek. They understood the interconnectedness of the water, the land and the inhabitants of the Watershed. Since then the Watershed has changed dramatically but the mission and the dreams remain the same.
- The WVWA is committed to the research, restoration and re-wilding of our preserves as a living legacy to nature. We conduct scientific research to better understand how nature is surviving. We restore wildlife habitat by planting new forests, meadows and improving wetlands. We re-wild our preserves by returning rare species of plants and animals that have disappeared from the area. The conservation and management of our suburban wilderness is one of the most important goals of the WVWA.
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