About the WVWA
 The
Association's first nature preserve was donated by Judge Dintenfaas and
his wife in 1965. The donated land, seventeen acres of woods along the
Wissahickon, is today home to fox, wood ducks, deer, and many species of
wood warblers which visit each spring as they fly north.
From the time
Spring Beauties come out in April to when the Goldenrod blooms in
September, the preserve's wildflowers display beauty which can only be
found in such natural areas, areas which would not exist without action
taken by WVWA.
The Dintenfaas gift
has been a model for the Association's land preservation program . The
WVWA now protects more than 600 acres of natural area within the
Wissahickon Watershed and continually works to expand the amount of land
protected. The diversity of the donated area has served as an example of
why such land is so crucial. In addition, it protects both the water
qualilty in the Wissahickon, and the public water supply wells which lie
nearby.
WVWA's preserves
have public hiking trails and are used extensively for environmental
education programs. The trails enable both children and adults to enjoy
the solace of nature and to appreciate and understand its balances.
There are still
important natural areas left in the Watershed. By becoming a member of
the Watershed Association you become part of the effort to save these
wonderful places in your community.
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