What’s On Tap

Want to know what is going on in the watershed world this month?

Lehigh Valley What’s on Tap – From February to November, we post all the ‘watershed happenings’ in the Lehigh Valley and beyond. In the winter, watershed people generally hibernate. For more information visit your watershed association’s Facebook or web page.

Lehigh Valley What’s on Tap

September 2nd, 2026

Bushkill Stream Conservancy:

  • September 16th – Walter your Watershed at Ballas Preserve, 345 Kromer Road, Wind Gap, PA, 18091, 6pm. Walk with Bushkill Twp open space coordinator, Kerry Reider, to learn about prescribed burns and the township’s open spaces. 
  • September 19th – monthly water testing

Cook’s Creek Watershed Association:

  • Saturday, October 3rd (5-9pm, Springtown Rod and Gun Club) – Annual fall dinner. Dr. Alyson Brokaw will be presenting on Bats!
  • Saturday, October 11th (1-4pm, Durham Commons) – Tent at Durham Day
  • Saturday, November 8th (9-12, along rt 212) – Fall clean-up along rt 212, contact CCWA if interested

Monocacy Creek Watershed Association:

  • Surveys are being conducted on the past projects in the watershed
  • A committee is being developed to maintain the grounds around the Illick’s Mill park area
  • The spring buffer in Monocacy Park near the waterfall will be repaired
  • There are plans to present on the Road Salt Project to a Moravian University class
  • An info table was hosted at Monocacy Farms Project Fall Event (8/27)
  • There will be an October stream clean up event at Sands Island

Fry’s Run Watershed Association:

  • Trash clean-up and water testing dates will be decided on soon
  • Fry’s Run Family Fun event is on Saturday, September 19th at the Riegelsville Library, from 9 to 2. 

Bertsch Hokendauqua Catasauqua Watershed Association:

  • The 5th annual Community Day at Wayne Grube Park was held with a fantastic collection of local organizations and vendors
  • Hokey Park Pussy WIllow Buffer and Walnutport Canal Educational Buffer have both had the Japanese hops and knotweed removed (for the moment)
    • The site map for Walnutport will be going up soon
  • A fall clean-up is being planned for October

Saucon Creek Watershed Association:

  • Heller Homestead Weed & Mulch:  Friday, September 11 from 9 AM to Noon 
  • Coopersburg Meadow Weeding:  Friday, September 18 from 9 AM to Noon 
  • Saucon Creek Cleanup:  Saturday, October 10 – 9AM to Noon (Location TBD) 
  • Heller Homestead Project Ribbon Cutting Event- Week of October 26-28(TBD) 

Aquashicola Pohopoco Watershed Conservancy:

  • Ongoing water testing
  • There will be a September meeting, but off the normal schedule
  • September 10th – a meeting with Charles Kelshaw of MCCD about the grant he secured for restoration on the Pohopoco Creek. 

Tobyhanna Creek Tunkhannock Creek Watershed Association:

  • Work continues on the bog boardwalk
  • Website updates are coming
  • There will be a guided walk on Bethlehem Water Authority property on October 3rd
  • Other events are in the works

Little Lehigh Watershed Stewards:

  • October 10th – Tree planting with Wildlands Conservancy
  • October 17th – Tree planting with a grant from LV Greenways on Keystone Road, upstream from Fish Hatchery Road. 
  • November 14th – Stream Cleanup

Neshaminy Creek Watershed Association:

  • The NWA and BCCD held the first Neshaminy Collaborative steering committee meeting several weeks ago, and five townships signed the MOA along with NWA and BCCD to create the collaborative. 
  • There will be a number of planting projects in October

Tohickon Watershed Association Committee

  • There will be a talk about groundwater at the Haycock Community Building on September 17th at 7pm
  • The TWA Parknership is a major habitat restoration project at High Rocks Vista park. There will be invasive plant removal, plantings and trail maintenance. Current dates for that work are Sept 8, 12, 15, 18, & 26th, and Oct 3, 25, & 27th. 

Martins-Jacoby Watershed Association: 

  • The stream crossing signs have arrived, mounting will happen soon
  • Martins Creek habitat improvement project is moving forward, the grant has been confirmed
  • Water quality testing will happen, small steps are being taken in that direction
  • The MJWA is going on record as against the proposed Upper Mt. Bethel Township data center

North Pocono CARE

  • Monthly water testing

Northampton County Parks

  • Recent/Ongoing Recreation & Conservation Projects & Programs
    • Continued to blaze 3+ miles of new walking trails in the Twin Lakes Section of Totts Gap Conservation Area in the Minsi Lake Greenway.
    • Concluded 2026 Purple Martin Nesting season @ Minsi Lake w/161 nests, 446 eggs of which 198 hatched of which 179 chicks were banded of which 175 fledged.
    • Continued mulching & deer-proofing the 1.75-acre Conifer Garden @ Louise Moore Park.
  • Upcoming Programs (Go here to register for programs (https://norcoparks.recdesk.com/Community/Program)
    • 9/11: Birds of Prey @ Louise Moore Park
    • 9/12: Wellness Walk: D&L Trail @ Forks of the Delaware Trailhead, Easton
    • 9/12: Learn to Shoot Archery @ Bear Swamp Park
    • 9/13: Wildlife & A Hike @ Louise Moore Park
    • 9/20: Monarch Tagging @ Louise Moore Park
    • 9/24: Pre-K Pathfinders @ Wayne Grube Park