The Cuyahoga River Remedial Action Plan (RAP) has a 39 member stakeholder coordinating committee (appointed by the Director of Ohio EPA) which includes businesses, government and regional agencies, community groups, individuals with an interest in the river and tributary-based watershed groups.

The RAP works on:

• Restoring and preserving natural stream & corridor functionality.
• Promoting sustainable thinking and practices
• Public education and involvement
• Technical data management and mapping
• Project Management for on-the-ground remedial actions
• Clearinghouse for mitigation

Tributary-based watershed organizations and management plans
The following organizations formed to reduce non-point sources of pollution (i.e. run-off from agricultural waste and pesticides and construction sites) and too much impervious surface near the river causing flow alterations and habitat loss.

• Big Creek*- RAP sponsors Friends of Big Creek
• Mill Creek*- RAP providing Technical Studies and Wetlands Assessment
• West Creek*- Watershed Plan and Environmental Center in development by Metroparks
• Tinkers Creek & Pond Brook*- Plan development under way. RAP sponsored Pond Brook Initiative
• Chippewa Creek- RAP implementing an ODNR Grant for Watershed Management Plan
• Yellow Creek- Active group and Watershed Plan / RAP acts as advisor
• Little Cuyahoga- Watershed Plan in development by AHR partner, NEFCO
• Breakneck Creek- Watershed Plan underway with County and Portage Parks- AHRI providing outreach brochure and education materials
• Kent Area Tributaries- RAP/ AHR supports Phase II Public Outreach and Involvement
• Doan Brook*- Watershed Organization and COG in Place, AHRI provides Grant support
• Euclid Creek*- Watershed Plan and COG in Place.

* Participate as members of the RAP Coordinating Committee

Dam bypass and removal
Dams were built on the Cuyahoga River to prevent flooding and, in some cases, to generate hydro-electric power. But, dams also cause what's known as low dissolved Oxygen, which affects aquatic life, and dams trap sediments and pollution. In recent years, the following dam removal projects have been initiated to reduce the environmental impacts:

• Kent Dam — bypass completed
• Munroe Falls Dam — removal completed
• Station Road Dam — SEP funded study underway — Dam removal will open many high quality fish spawning beds in CVNP (Expanded habitat requires access thru ship channel).

Dam removal plans in tributaries:

• Edison Dam — hydropower permit being sought. Cuyahoga RAP & AHRI has raised concerns with FERC regarding long-term effects on river recovery.