EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DAVID ROBERTSON RETIRES AFTER 30 YEARS
Executive Director David Robertson retired in mid-June 2018 after serving the Trust for 30 years. The Trust’s board of directors invited David to assemble a slideshow of milestones from his life, and David gathered together images from age 3 through today. Members and friends who saw the show asked that it be posted for everyone to enjoy. You can find the show above.
CHALLENGING CREEK CLEANUP ATTRACTS 40 INTREPID VOLUNTEERS
Trash washed into Pennypack Creek from upstream in the watershed eventually makes its way to creek’s banks in the Pennypack Preserve. On Saturday morning, April 28, 2018, about 40 volunteers spread out throughout the Pennypack Preserve to retrieve cans, bottles and all sorts of flotsam and jetsam as part of the Trust’s annual effort to remove trash from the creek. Many of the volunteers gathered trash from relatively inaccessible and/or difficult locations including logjams, the island near the end of Huntingdon Road, and the multiflora rose-choked bottomlands along Southampton Creek.
Thanks to our Creek Cleanup Sponsors! Please consider supporting them:
DeMarco Land Clearing www.demarcolandclearing.com/
MLCS Woodworking.com https://www.mlcswoodworking.com/
The Fredericks Company https://www.frederickscompany.com/
PENNYPACK’S FIRST ANNUAL 5K TRAIL RUN A RESOUNDING SUCCESS
After a long, cold and wet winter, the weather was perfect on Saturday morning, April 21, 2018, for the Pennypack Trust’s First Annual 5K Trail Run and Walk through the Pennypack Preserve. Two hundred forty-eight runners and walkers completed the hilly course through the preserve and gave the event rave reviews. Registration numbers were much higher than race organizers anticipated–a recognition of the dedicated volunteers’ efforts in getting the word out.
Thanks to our 5K Trail Run/Walk Sponsors! Please consider supporting them:
AeroAggregates www.aeroaggregates.com
Arbill www.arbill.com
Baker Wealth Management www.bakerwealthmanagementgroup.wfadv.com
Bryn Athyn Historic District www.bahistoricdistrict.org
Steven C. Bunting, DDS www.designerofsmiles.com
Gurney Kerr Contractors, Inc www.gurneykerr.com
High Swartz, LLP www.highswartz.com
JC Carpentry & Construction www.facebook.com/jccarpentrypa/
JGM Builders, Inc. 215-938-5851
Lisbon Property Management
LD Davis Industries www.lddavis.com
Mason’s Mill Business Park www.masonsmill.com
Murray Orthodontics www.murrayorthodonticspa.com
Nikki Brown Designs www.nikkibrowndesigns.com
Nourishing Storm Studio and Cafe www.nourishingstorm.com
Pediatric Dental Associates www.teethforkids.com
Tatsu Tea www.tatsutea.com
Pilates by Linda www.pilatesbylinda.com
BALD EAGLES NESTING FOR FOURTH YEAR
The pair of Bald Eagles that nested successfully in the Pennypack Preserve during the last three years currently is feeding an unprecedented three eaglets during spring 2018. Two links for the Eagle-Cam camera (when activated): http://potapov-nature.com/pipipi/ or http://baldeaglenest.brynathyn.edu:8080/eagle-cam.jpg.
