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SATURDAY, MAY 18 is
RIVERDAY!
Dozens of activities are going on all over the watershed. Where will you be? See the whole schedule of events at cuyahogariver.net.
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2013 SPRING PLANTING IN RICHMOND HEIGHTS ROCKED!
It was as much a reclamation as a riparian restoration (lots of rocky soils) but our fantastic volunteers (170 of them!) planted, mulched and watered more than 150 trees.
Check out our ReLeaf page and see more photos at the Cuyahoga Releaf facebook page.
Thanks, all!
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Hudson High has a new land lab as students, teachers and watershed partners bring a stream back to life.
After years of planning, the restoration of the stream at Hudson High School is complete. Thanks to partners including the City of Hudson, the school district, dedicated teachers and the Cuyahoga County Board of Health, students won't have to go far to learn about the science of streams.
Click the pic for a Quicktime slide show of the dedication.
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Check out more pics at the Nine Mile Creek web page.
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A RESTORATION SUCCESS STORY:
NINE MILE WETLAND TODAY
Only four years after retrofitting a traditional stormwater retention basin in South Euclid to a bioretention basin with a series of ponds and weirs and native plantings, the site is a phenomenal, and absolutely beautiful, success.
Studies of water quality by John Carroll students have documented that the water going out is significantly cleaner than what comes in.
The new habitat is rich in wildlife, as small as the zillion grasshoppers, bees and butterflies and as large as the coyote and deer that visit to dine.
The public can view the area from a deck overlook at Green Road across from Notre Dame College, or while enjoying tea and lunch at an outdoor table at Koehn Scuptors' Sanctuary on Green. It's a great example of how green infrastructure can not only enrich a community's natural space but can provide economic development benefits as well.
Here's what that space looked like before the restoration:
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We are proud to announce that CRCPO has received an
OUTSTANDING PROJECT 2012 AWARD for Watershed Stewardship Training from the Ohio Environmental Education Fund for our Building Better Watersheds program.
The program brought together community leaders, officials and interested parties to train them in Balanced Growth principles, and provided hands-on training in identifying watershed functions and tying them to land use planning.
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Kudos to the Cuyahoga County Public Library for installing bioswales throughout the parking lot at their new Warrensville Heights library branch. Go see them, and while you're there take a look at the proper way to mulch a tree. |
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Cleveland Metroparks announces newest park, first Metropark on the Cuyahoga River ship channel.
On Friday, May 4th, Cleveland Metroparks Executive Director Brian Zimmerman announced the park system's acquisition of Rivergate from the Cleveland Rowing Foundation. Metroparks will enhance and manage the new park, almost 3 acres adjacent to the CRF's rowing facility, next to the site where a skate park will be built and just upriver from the City's Hart Crane Park.
The site, which could open to the public by next summer, will provide a safe launch area for people-powered watercraft and give visitors a new way to connect with the Cuyahoga. Plans include a waterfront promenade, a concession area, restrooms and an outdoor classroom. It will also serve as a waystation along a trail system that various groups are working to build that will eventually connect to the lake.
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THANKS to all who helped plant a new riparian buffer for Stickney Creek!
Thanks to Girl Scout Troop 1640, Jim Gazda and his Rhodes High students, Friends of Big Creek, Mayor Balbier and City Council and service department of Brooklyn and many other volunteers, we planted more than 120 trees and shrubs - buckeyes, birch and beech, oaks and maples, redbuds, dogwoods, sycamore and more. Thanks also to Urban Forester Alan Siewert and arborist Jen Braman for their expertise. And, of course, thanks to our funders and donors: Great Lakes Restoration, U.S. Forest Service, ODNR Division of Forestry, the City of Brooklyn, Darden Restaurants and Axent Graphics.
See more pics at our Cuyahoga River Community Planning Facebook gallery.
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Ohio Lake Erie Commission endorses
Furnace Run Balanced Growth Watershed Plan
On March 21, the Ohio Lake Erie Commission gave its unanimous approval of the Furnace Run plan, developed by the Furnace Run Watershed Planning Partnership with the support of CRCPO.
The Partnership includes Richfield Village, Richfield Township, Bath Township, Brecksville, Broadview Heights, Cuyahoga Falls and Boston Township, Metro Parks Serving Summit County and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
The communities worked together to identify Priority Conservation, Development and Agricultural Areas in the watershed, to inform and direct land use decisions in the watershed communities. State endorsement makes these communities eligible for various financial incentives and assistance from a range of state agencies and programs.
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Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve (aka Dike 14) now open every day, dawn to dusk
FEBRUARY 6, 2012 – The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority officially opened the Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve today,
providing public access to a unique 88-acre urban wildlife habitat.
The Preserve is a man-made peninsula on the Lake Erie shoreline and a haven for a variety of migratory birds, butterflies and animals. Located at the northern end of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard on Cleveland’s East Side, at the mouth of Doan Brook, it is open during daylight hours and provides one-of-a-kind recreational and educational opportunities for children and adults. Admission is free.
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NEW in our Watershed Strategies Resource Library:
"THE VALUE OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE" -
A Guide to Recognizing its Economic, Environmental and Social Benefits (download 16M pdf) from Center for Neighborhood Technology and American Rivers.
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| GEAUGA PARK DISTRICT |
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 Schedule of Events! |
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CUYAHOGA VALLEY
NATIONAL PARK
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Get Out!
Download the Cuyahoga Valley National Park's Event 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 fun activities,
check out the beavers at Towner's Woods, and hike the new Seneca Ponds Park in Tinkers Creek watershed.
Visit on the web at www.portageparkdistrict.org.
Enjoy the sounds of nature!
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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.
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| 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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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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