Topic: Schuylkill River
Can We Save The Last Wilderness in Philadelphia?
Upper Roxborough is the last rural corner of Philadelphia, a place where forests and fields reign. Squeezed by development and climate change, how much longer can it last?
By Kyle Bagenstose
Make our Rivers So Clean, You Can Swim in Them
A partnership of organizations has made Baltimore Harbor swimmable again. Could Philly do that with the Delaware and the Schuylkill?
By Courtney DuChene
Building Bridges
The re-opening of a new rail bridge in Southwest Philadelphia will connect one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods to jobs and green space downtown. Will local residents be the ones who benefit?
By Courtney DuChene
From Putrid to Promising
How an ambitious, three-year-long freshwater mussels project transformed the smelly Manayunk Canal into an emerging fishing destination
By Ben Silver
Should We Envy Paris’s Swimmable River?
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo got a lot of attention for cleaning the Seine in preparation for the Olympics. But that may not be best goal for Philly’s local waterways
By Diana Lind
Will We Save the Meadows That Saved Us?
The shuttered golf course at FDR Park went beautifully wild just when we needed it at the start of the pandemic. Now, the City wants to turn it into artificial ball fields. A South Philly local wonders why we can’t have both.
By Anisa George
Stewards of the Schuylkill
The Schuylkill River is getting shallower, and is teeming with weeds and debris. A dedicated group of volunteers—mostly rowers—work to keep it open for all
By Sabina Louise Pierce