Exploring Our Urban Watershed – River Days Event
Get to know the Schuylkill River from a brand new perspective! In a program held outside the Fairmount Water Works, and on the water, participants will explore ways the native […]
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view all postsBehind-the-scenes science continues in the Freshwater Mussel Hatchery
June 5, 2020 Although our doors are closed to the public, the science behind re-establishing our rivers mussel population continues.Through April and May, our scientists collected gravid females of two […]
Diving into eeBLUE: Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center Partners with Concilio to Offer Watershed STEM Education
Though the Interpretive Center has been closed for months, we have continued to secure funding so that our team can continue to provide high-quality experiential learning programs for youth and […]
The excitement starts this month in the Freshwater Mussel Hatchery!
The cold (or not so cold) winter months have given us time to get our freshwater mussel hatchery ready for the new propagating season. Tanks and equipment are cleaned and […]