Ohio has the land, soils, climate, and people needed to produce fresh, affordable and healthy food. We have a growing community of consumers who know what can be produced in Ohio, and when, and prefer to buy fresh and healthy food from local sources, from people they know. Connecting the two keeps farms on the landscape, promotes energy efficiency, builds wealth in our communities, and builds health in our families.
Program about ArcelorMittal's new Great Lakes Watershed Restoration Program. Representatives of the Cleveland and George Gund foundations will also discuss their environmental priorities.
Gathering of the Northeast Ohio Group of the Sierra Club, with a program by the Rocky River Watershed Council.
Sierra Club contact: Steve Gove, 440-237-8836.
Join this group for seasonal adventures in sketching the Old Woman Creek estuary and its watershed. The class begins with classroom drawing warm-ups and a sketching hike and the second hour is "free" sketch time and wrap-up. Bring your own sketching materials. All skill levels welcomed. Attendance at all classes not required.
In event of rain, class is held in dormitory at Old Woman Creek Reserve beach access: 2005 Cleveland Road East Huron, Ohio 44839.
Visit www.oldwomancreek.org or call (419) 433-4601 for more information.
The West Creek winds eight miles through heavily developed areas of Parma, Seven Hills, Independence and Brooklyn Heights before unceremoniously joining with the Cuyahoga River through a pipe under a building. It’s a reminder of how many creeks and rivers, not so long ago, were buried below concrete. Today, a few daring visionaries believe Northeast Ohio is hungry for something new— a connection to more parks and nature close to home.
“We know that we can never completely restore West Creek to the way it was back in the 1800s. But we can make it so that people want the stream to be a part of their lives,” Neal Hess, watershed coordinator for the West Creek Preservation Committee, explains in the documentary film, “The Return of the Cuyahoga.”
Hess, David Vasarhelyi and Dave Lincheck were the dreamweavers of restoring West Creek and, with a small army of volunteers, spent years knocking on doors, organizing support, and finally building an organization to create a West Creek Reservation.
Cleveland Metroparks assumed management of the 400 contiguous acres of greenspace in the West Creek Reservation on January 1, 2006. The Park District's goal is to effectively protect, restore and enhance the ecological integrity of the West Creek Valley. (Read more).
Come join us for the Quarterly Meeting of the Rocky River Watershed Council!!! We will provide updates on the various activities of the council, as well as upcoming events.
Our guest speaker will be Vince Messerly, President of Ohio Wetlands Foundation. He will discuss a proposed wetland mitigation bank along Granger Ditch in Granger Township. A tour of the site will follow.
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Medina County Park District's Allardale Park
410 Remsen Rd., Medina, OH 44256 (in Granger Township)
Contact Jared Bartley (216-524-6580 x14, jbartley@cuyahogaswcd.org) for more information.
Join the Northeast Ohio Watershed Council for a special meeting with Adam Wasserman, President and CEO of the Cleveland-Cuyahoga Port Authority, who will discuss the Port Authority's plans for relocation and expansion.
Please RSVP to Kristy Meyer at 614-487-7506 or at Kristy@TheOEC.org.
Big Creek Trail and Neighborhood Connector Plan
Public Meeting
The City of Brooklyn and project partners are seeking public input on the Big Creek Trail and Neighborhood Connector Plan. The study will develop preferred alignments for a three mile all-purpose trail expansion through the city that will seek to connect the Metroparks Zoo and Brookside Reservation to the Big Creek Reservation south of Brookpark Road. It will examine connecting parks, neighborhoods, civic and commercial areas throughout the city while identifying opportunities for interpretive exhibits and ecological restoration.
The $75,000 study is being funded by a $60,000 Federal Transportation for Livable Communities Initiative grant program administered through the Northeast Ohio Coordinating Agency with local matches from the cities of Brooklyn, Cleveland and Parma, Cleveland Metroparks, and Friends of Big Creek.
The meeting starts at 6:30 PM at Brooklyn City Hall, 7619 Memphis Avenue. For more information contact Donna Thompson, City of Brooklyn at 216-635-4224 or visit < www.friendsofbigcreek.org >.
Big Creek Trail and Neighborhood Connector Plan
Public Meeting
Wednesday, June 25th
6:30 pm
Brooklyn City Hall
7619 Memphis Avenue
Brooklyn, Ohio 44144
Busy, and exciting, times are just ahead for the Towpath Trail Partnership Committee, the group building out the northernmost five miles of the all-purpose trail which, one day, will connect Akron, Peninsula and downtown Cleveland.
After more than a year, Ohio Canal Corridor has figured out how to avoid the heavy metal barricades in the industrial Flats for Stage 1 of the Towpath Trail. The preferred route of this 1-mile section will wend from Harvard Road over the river and (practically) through the train tracks before rising 40 feet to meet the new trail at Steelyard Commons. The group unveils this engineering marvel at a June 17 public meeting.
"Besides the obvious environmental concerns, there are complicated engineering challenges led by a spiderweb of rail lines which must be crossed by going around, under or above," Ohio Canal Corridor (OCC) writes in its spring ’08 newsletter.
And, after missing its January deadline, the committee looks to hire a design consultant in April who will do it all over again—producing a preferred trail alignment for Stage 3, the 1-mile segment from Steelyard to Literary Avenue in Tremont. This time, they decided by extending the major trailhead a little further than below I-490 (at the intersection of W. 3rd and Quigley Avenue) to a small trailhead at Literary, a stage and an entire year will be shaved from the project.
On behalf of the Rocky River Watershed Council, its partner organizations, and all of us who fish, paddle or otherwise enjoy the Rocky River, I hope you will join us this weekend in our annual effort to remove litter from the Rocky’s Main Stem and from Champion Creek (part of the West Branch’s headwater system that flows through the City of Medina).
Volunteers are needed for TWO cleanups in the Rocky River Watershed this Saturday, June 7th. These cleanups are part of National River Cleanup 2008, a series of community-based cleanups happening nationwide sponsored by American Rivers. Join tens of thousands of river enthusiasts from around the country as they remove trash from local rivers and streams. Detailed information is provided below:
Annual Rocky River Cleanup
Saturday June 7 9AM – Noon Meet at the Scenic Park Picnic Area (next to the Emerald Necklace Marina) in the Cleveland Metroparks Rocky River Reservation. We’re hoping to be able to cover the entire main stem, up to the Nature Center!!! Trash bags provided. Participants should dress for the weather and bring their own work gloves. Long sleeves, long pants and work boots or old shoes are recommended. Be sure to stick around for hot dogs on the grill following the cleanup! Sponsored by the Rocky River Watershed Council, Cleveland Metroparks and Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District. Contact Jared Bartley at 216-524-6580 x14 or JBartley@cuyahogaswcd.org for more info.
Champion Creek Cleanup (Medina)
Saturday, June 7 9AM – Noon Meet at Roscoe Ewing Park in the City of Medina (Guilford Blvd. parking lot, just south of E. Smith Rd.) Trash Bags provided. You will get dirty, so dress appropriately!!! Contact Medina Ward 3 Councilman Mark Kolesar at 330-725-6993 or zoolesar@yahoo.com for more info.
Thank you for your continued dedication to the protection and restoration of the Rocky River Watershed!
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