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Use GoodSearch as your search engine AND EVERY TIME YOU SHOP ONLINE and help us raise money. Click on the button above, enter "Cuyahoga River" in the "Who do you search for?" box, choose and verify "Cuyahoga River Community Planning Org."
If you have cookies on your computer, the GoodSearch engine will automatically enter us as your charity of choice. Make it even easier by downloading and adding the GoodSearch engine to your browser toolbar.
Thanks!
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Read the latest on the river from the Plain Dealer:
Ohio EPA, Northeast Ohio Sewer District disagree about source of oil that killed gulls
Posted by Michael Scott/Plain Dealer Reporter July 01, 2009 21:38PM
Investigators blaming oil spill from sewer pipe for gull kill on Cuyahoga River (see video)
Posted by Michael Scott/Plain Dealer Reporter June 26, 2009 12:41PM
AND...download the PD's 2009:Year of the River poster here.
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and now...the ultimate history of the last 40 years of the Cuyahoga River
and the end of 40 years of Cleveland jokes. Features 1969's "fish on fire," 1972's "mayorfish on fire," 1988's "mutantfish" and today's "smileyfish."
You've seen the river, now BUY THE T-SHIRT or mug or calendar or cards.
A portion of your purchase comes to us to support the ongoing recovery of the Cuyahoga.
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Koncelik, left; Logan, right |
Strickland Recognizes Year of the River
Governor Ted Strickland has recognized 2009 as Year of the River, “a milestone in the history of Ohio, demonstrating how international and regional partnerships, and state and local governments, communities and Ohio citizens can work together in creating a balance in its environment and industry.”
The Governor’s proclamation was presented to Cuyahoga River Community Planning Organization (CRCPO) Chairman Joseph Koncelik by Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director Sean Logan at the June 3 meeting of the Lake Erie Commission in Cleveland. The CRCPO is the nonprofit organizing the Year of the River initiative.
Click here to see the 26+ Northeast Ohio communities who also have proclaimed 2009 Year of the River and resolved to promote watershed stewardship.
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NEWS FLASH - SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER! |
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THE CUYAHOGA IN THE AKRON BEACON JOURNAL
Click to read the 5/9 and 5/10/09 articles from ABJ Staff Writer Bob Downing:
"Groups working to get Cuyahoga River off pollution list" posted 5/9/09
"Cuyahoga River fish get a helping hand" posted 5/10/09
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CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER |
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Scientists monitor Cuyahoga River quality to adhere to Clean Water Act
by Michael Scott/Plain Dealer
Monday April 13, 2009,
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Plain Dealer file photo
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Cuyahoga River fire galvanized clean water and the environment as a public issue
Michael Scott, Plain Dealer April 12, 2009
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This is where the Cuyahoga is born. Visit Burton Wetlands, put in your canoe or kayak at Eldon Russell Park, or hike the Headwaters Park.
Check out the Wild Nights at the West Woods Nature Center! |
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It's spring!
Download the Cuyahoga Valley National Park's Spring Schedule
'cause there's a lot happening in the Valley where the river lives. |
| Cleveland Metroparks reservations are home to many tributaries of the Cuyahoga: Big Creek (the Zoo,) West Creek, Chippewa Creek (Brecksville Reservation,) Tinkers Creek (Bedford Reservation,) Garfield Park (Mill Creek.) Euclid Creek, part of the RAP Area of Concern, runs through the Euclid Creek Reservation. And the Chagrin and Rocky Rivers are at the hearts of their own Metroparks Reservations.
Click here for a calendar of activities.
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Visit the Portage County Park District for spring activities,
check out the beavers at Towner's Woods, and hike the new Seneca Ponds Park in Tinkers Creek watershed.
Time to get outside...
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Summit Metroparks is home to Furnace Run and Sand Run, as well as Gorge MetroPark, one of the liveliest and loveliest stretches of the Cuyahoga.
Click for the Activities Calendar. |
| NEW REPORT!
PRIORITIZING WETLAND RESTORATION POTENTIAL
in the TRIBUTARIES of the CUYAHOGA RIVER AREA OF CONCERN (AOC) (PDF download 3.5M)
This is the introduction and overview. Detailed information for each tributary watershed will be posted as individual chapters in the weeks to come.
The goal of this project is A ranking model has been developed to assist in identifying the “top wetland sites” in each tributary watershed of the Cuyahoga River AOC. By identifying wetland sites, this project will help expedite and focus efforts to meet mitigation needs, as well as make the best use of other public or private funding sources.
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Missed our 2006 CUYAHOGA RIVER
WATERSHED SYMPOSIUM?
for the list of presentations,
and to download pdf files. NOW! Email or call Kelvin Rogers at 330-963-1117 for a CD of all presentations. |
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The Cuyahoga River Community Planning Organization (CRCPO)
is host to the Cuyahoga River Remedial Action Plan (RAP) and
the Cuyahoga American Heritage River Initiative.
We work with partners, stakeholders and communities
in five Northeast Ohio counties to restore and revitalize the
Cuyahoga River Watershed and Areas Of Concern, and
to improve water quality in the watershed and Lake Erie.
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