Tinicum Conservancy

06/02/2026

Tinicum Township's Parks & Recreation Board is hosting a family friendly Movie Night on June 20th at Tinicum Community Park.

The film that will be screened, "Hoot" , follows three middle-schoolers who set out to protect endangered burrowing owls.

05/29/2026

The ribbon has been cut, and the 107 acre Bridgeton Nature Preserve is now officially open in Upper Bucks County! 🎗️🏞️

It was a wonderful Official Grand Opening Ceremony on Wednesday May 27th:

🥾Madison DeGerolamo, Appalachian Mountain Club's Mid Atlantic Trails Coordinator, welcomed attendees.

🌳 Jim Engel - former Tinicum Conservancy Executive Director, who played an instrumental role in pulling the pieces together to realize this park's purchase by Bridgeton Township - spoke to the crowd about the process & partnerships essential in making the Bridgeton Preserve possible.

🏛️Bridgeton Township Supervisor Gard Holby, gave remarks to the approximately 40 attendees, and helped with the opening ribbon cutting.

🪏Greg Bernet, Appalachian Mountain Club's Volunteer Trails Leader, highlighted the volunteer efforts he helped oversee (with a number of volunteer contributors participating) in the building of 3+ miles of trails over two years that are now part of the preserve. He led a group hike on the trails after also joining in the ribbon cutting.

What a difference years of multi-stakeholder partnerships can make.

We now encourage you to check out the Bridgeton Preserve regularly in the years ahead!

Preserve Address: 1822 River Road, Upper Black Eddy, PA 18972

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05/29/2026

05/26/2026

The rainy weather over the weekend has cleared just in time for the Official Grand Opening of the Bridgeton Nature Preserve tomorrow at noon!

We hope you can join us to celebrate this wonderful community nature preserve.

The Bridgeton Township Supervisor’s would like to invite all residents to the formal opening of the new Bridgeton Nature Preserve will take place Wednesday, May 27th, 12PM – 1PM at the …

05/23/2026

What's better than successfully planting 100 native trees along the Tinicum Creek to improve the health of the creek? 🌳

Getting the project done ahead of schedule in early May because there was so much volunteer participation.

Thank you to all of our Planting Blitz volunteers for helping get our Tinicum Creek Restoration efforts off to such a productive start!

05/20/2026

05/15/2026

𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲, 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

🗓️May 27th
⏱️12pm

Join us at noon on May 27th as we mark the official Grand Opening of the Bridgeton Nature Preserve!

This 107 acre property located at 1822 River Road in Upper Black Eddy, was acquired by Bridgeton Township through a joint effort with Tinicum Conservancy. It has diverse topographies and ecologies. 🏞️

3+ miles of trails have been developed on the Preserve by local volunteers under the guidance of the Delaware Valley Chapter Appalachian Mountain Club AMC DV and Crew Leader Greg Bernet.

We are excited for community members to get a chance to explore this wonderful community nature preserve starting at the end of this month.

You can learn about the trail connections on the property at this Highlands Trail Network in PA website link https://pahighlands.org/news/bridgetonpreserve

05/13/2026

Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve will be hosting a Native Plant Conference: Cultivating Ecological Stewardship this June in Doylestown.

Dr. Doug Tallamy will be the keynote presenter at the Conference.

Last year in our Summer 2025 Newsletter, we highlighted a book review of Doug Tallamy's book "Nature's Best Hope".

At the heart of the book is a concept Tallamy calls the Homegrown National Park - a nationwide movement where private landowners, homeowners, and communities, work together to transform portions of their properties into a network of healthy habitats.

This concept is what has inspired our recent initiative work to restore Tinicum Creek with native plants.

You can read the full book review by checking out our Summer 2025 Newsletter electronicallyhttps://static1.squarespace.com/static/5de966d5a14fa16969de5db6/t/68cb07d3e881360baa63a88c/1758136275507/TC+Spring+Summer+2025+LOW.pdf

If you'd like to register for the Native Plant Conference you can so on Bowman's Hill's website.

05/11/2026

Our Tree Planting Blitz volunteers were a force for nature this Earth Month, helping to plant the first 40 trees throughout the end of April as part of our Tinicum Creek restoration efforts! 🪴🪏

Thank you to everyone who helped make such a tangible impact to the health of the Tinicum Creek.

05/07/2026

Thank you to everyone in the community who "Rounded Up" at the Register at Kimberton Whole Foods in April in support of Tinicum Conservancy!

More than $4,000 was raised through the April Round Up at the Register donations, which Kimberton Whole Foods generously matched for a total of more than $8,000 raised in support of our work of preserving open space.

We are deeply appreciative of the team at Kimberton Whole Foods for their support during this year's Earth Month.

Thank you, Ottsville!🌎 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 $𝟒,𝟏𝟖𝟒.𝟎𝟗 𝐟𝐨𝐫 Tinicum Conservancy 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐊𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝'𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡, 𝐓𝐎𝐆𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 $𝟖,𝟑𝟔𝟖.𝟏𝟖🌻

Learn more about our Rounding Up at the Register program here https://bit.ly/2MIoop0