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Strength in Partnerships
We are all about connecting people to their creeks. The links we form with our partners allow us to improve the health and vitality of our watershed. Partnerships recognize a simple but powerful concept: what benefits me benefits you. This is a fantastic starting place to consider our relationship to our watershed. We can wrap our heads around parks because we can wrap our hands around trees. We have a strong footing to think about creeks because we can dip our feet into them, but a watershed can be a difficult concept to grasp. Maybe it is because watersheds can span such large territories of land, making it difficult to conceptualize the intersection between our daily lives and where watersheds begin and end.
Whatever it is, we know that water connects us. Water sustains us. It invites us to consider how rainfall in Montgomery County ends up in the Delaware River, which supplies drinking water to millions of Philadelphia residents. Water doesn’t heed county or property lines. It inspires us to reach out and form strong connections in our community. This spirit of partnership is the current that empowers our collaborations to steward, protect, restore, and advocate for the health of our watershed. We are thankful for the partners that made this a high watermark year and look forward to deepening our connections and forging new relationships in the year to come.
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