May 2010 update

Monday, May 3, 2010

May 2010 update

Welcome to the May 2010 update

If you have anything to add for this or a future update, please let me know at jeanette.evans@sbcglobal.net. Some of the items covered in this update include:

* More about our meetings
* FOEC photography contest details

We are extending deepest sympathy to Fran Hogg whose mother recently passed away.

Thanks go to Susan Petrone and Miering Borcherds for their support of the FOEC web site.

Coreopsis is a good native choice for sunny locations. This image comes from ohioprarienurseries.com.

More about our meetings

Our May meeting featured presentations from FOEC members. Stay tuned for details about our upcoming meetings throughout the coming months.

*Ken Messenger-Rapport - getting grant for Bishop Road property, oil and gas drilling developments

*Lou Drasler - what's in the water

* Ron Peura - urban forestry

* Barb Holtz - weed laws

The image of the purple coneflower comes from the Wild Ones page at http://www.for-wild.org/download/graycone.jpg with the Wild Ones being a group that encourages us to select plants and seeds from local or regional sources.

Enter our 2010 FOEC photography contest

Deadline for submissions is October 5, 2010.

All photos submitted will become part of a permanent collection and will not be returned. Photographers may be asked for permission to use their photos to promote the mission of FOEC. Entries must be emailed. Entries must be taken within the Euclid Creek watershed. Mailed entries not accepted.

News of note

Saturday, May 8 10am to 4pm - Cleveland Div. of Water will mark National Drinking Water Week with an open house at two of its purification plants. Call 216-664-2444 ext. 5802 or visit http://www.clevelandwater.com/ to RSVP.

Save Wed. May 12 for the Rain Barrel Workshop at Greenwood Farms 6:30-8pm in Richmond Heights.

Contact Claire Posius for Euclid Creek watershed spring 2010 meetings that including rain barrel workshops. Contact Claire at 216-524-6580 x16 or cposius@cuyahogaswcd.org.

Please visit regularly Claire Posius' Soil and Water Conservation enewsletter at http://www.cuyahogaswcd.org/EuclidCreekFiles/enewsletter.htm Thank you Claire!

Black-eyed susans are a good native choice for natural landscapes.

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Membership and history

More about the Friends of Euclid Creek

The Friends of Euclid Creek help inform and educate the public on the many things happening in the watershed. Be part of its future by joining and supporting FOEC.

To become a member contact:
Friends of Euclid Creek
P.O. Box 21384
South Euclid, OH 44121-0384
or Log on to FOEC’s website: www.friendsofeuclidcreek.org

*2012-2015

Highland Heights land conservation - FOEC in partnership with the Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District and West Creek Conservancy protected 12 acres of wooded land in the City of Highland Heights after CSWCD’s proposal was awarded funding from the Clean Ohio Conservation Fund. The land lies west of and adjacent to the Highland Heights Community Park and fronts on Bishop Road just south of Hawthorne Drive

Richmond Heights land conservation - FOEC with the help of Clean Ohio grant funding, the West Creek Conservancy, and our Watershed Coordinator, acquired the heavily wooded 8.7 acre Redstone Run property

* 2008-2011
Highland Heights land conservation - Purchased a conservation easement to preserve the multiple acre Highland Heights property that includes the dusty goldenrod identified as an endangered plant

Dam Removal - Euclid Creek East Branch Dam removal project in City of Euclid. Funding comes from a variety of sources including Ohio Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Fish Passage Program Grant, Water Resources Restoration Sponsorship Program

* 2007
Lower Euclid Creek Greenway Project - Identified restoration projects and greenway improvements for public access to creek in lower Euclid Creek segment. Funding came from ODNR-Coastal Management Assistance Grant.

Euclid Creek Watershed Signage - FOEC received grant funding to design and install signage raising community awareness throughout the watershed and created brochures about Euclid Creek. Funding came from the OEPA-Ohio Environmental Education Fund.

*2006
Rain Garden Implementation Project - Evaluated benefits and challenges of rain gardens in Euclid Creek and installed four demonstration gardens with educational signage in watershed communities. Funding came from the Ohio Lake Erie Commission and Lake Erie Protection Fund.
Wetland Inventory - identified and mapped priority wetlands in Cuyahoga County for conservation and restoration, completed in 2006. Funding came from the Great Lakes Commission.
Euclid Creek Watershed Guide (Cuyahoga County Planning Commission) - Overlay of Watershed Action Plan to develop greenspace priorities for recreation and conservation, completed in 2006. Funding came from ODNR-Coastal Management Assistance Grant.

* 2005
Euclid Creek Volunteer Monitoring Program - purchased equipment to start up volunteer monitoring program, completed in 2005. Funding came from OSU Extension Watershed Team & CREES Great Lakes Regional Water Quality Program.
Euclid Creek Maps - provided maps to communities and residents to educate about watershed, completed in 2005. Funding came from Legacy Village Change for Charity Foundation.

* 2004
Headwater Stream Evaluation - Cleveland Metroparks performed HHEI on 100 segments of headwater streams in Euclid Creek to help in prioritizing restoration and protection strategies.

* Ongoing
Riparian and Wetland Setback Ordinances - Encouraging communities to adopt an NOACA model ordinance to protect riparian and wetland areas and provide technical reviews of any ordinance modified (City of Euclid and City of Richmond Heights passed the ordinance).
Dam Removal - Euclid Creek East Branch Dam removal project in City of Euclid, 75% design and engineering complete. Funding comes from a variety of sources including Ohio Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Fish Passage Program Grant, Water Resources Restoration Sponsorship Program

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