Cuyahoga Valley National Park seeks public input regarding its preparation of an environmental assessment for the modification of Virginia Kendall Dam.

The National Park Service, in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation, is in the process of preparing the environmental assessment for the dam to correct hydrologic deficiencies.

The assessment will include discussion of the project's potential environmental and recreational impacts. The assessment will compare the no-action alternative to a proposed action alternative that includes excavation and construction of a new rip-rapped emergency spillway, excavating the existing dam crest and replacing it with new fill to raise it 2 feet, reconstructing the trail on the dam crest, removing accumulated sediments from the reservoir, cleaning out an existing storm sewer, and installing a new guardrail fence at the spillway outlet.

Send questions and concerns, by June 30, to the Superintendent at Cuyahoga Valley National Park, 15610 Vaughn Road, Brecksville, OH 44141, or here.