Events

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Events

Thank you to Claire Posius for providing this list of events.

Euclid Creek Annual Stream Cleanup Event & FOEC Bioswale Service Day
Saturday, September 8 - 9:00am-noon
Wildwood State Park, Cleveland

9:00am-Noon - Bioswale Garden Maintenance

Learn about this project installed in 2009 and help Friends of Euclid Creek weed and remove trash in the landscaped median. Meet at the marina parking lot.

10:00am-Noon - Stream Cleanup

Volunteers can either collect streamside trash or help record the waste found. Meet at wooden Picnic Pavilion behind the orange fencing (open just for our cleanup) at the southeast corner of the marina parking lot.

Wildwood State Park is located at E. 174th Street and Lakeshore Boulevard in Cleveland.

Dress for the weather, Bring water, Wear long sleeves and pants, boots or work shoes, and work gloves are recommended. Trash bags will be provided.

All groups welcome, but children under age 18 must have adult supervision.

Contact: Claire Posius at 216-524-6580x16, cposius@cuyahogaswcd.org or Carol Ward at clsp.naturalist@dnr.state.oh.us for more details

Click here for flyer

Conservation Symposium—Forest Management: Seeing the Forest and the Trees

September 6-8 - Cleveland Museum of Natural History, University Circle, Cleveland

Learn about forest ecosystems and management practices that enhance biological diversity within them. For more information or to register, visit: http://www.cmnh.org/site/Conservation/ConservationSymposium.aspx

Great Lakes Week Restoration Conference 2012
Tuesday-Thursday, September 11-13 - Renaissance Hotel, Cleveland - Click here for more information

National Take-Back Initiative (Prescription Drug)

Saturday, September 29 - Locations include various locations in Cleveland, Lyndhurst Police Department, Mayfield Heights Police Department - click here for more details and sites

Please safely dispose of your expired medicines and keep pharmaceuticals out of our waterways!

US Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration event to collect expired or unneeded pharmaceuticals at this event.

Ohio EPA Water Quality Monitoring Credible Data Program—Level 1 Training (free!)
Wednesday, October 3 - 9:00am--3:30pm - Watershed Leadership Center, Parma
For more information contact Dennis Clement, 614-644-2048 or dennis.clement@epa.state.oh.us

Click here for flyer

Euclid Creek Public Involvement Committee Meeting

Friday, October 19 - 9:00am-10:30am - Beachwood Community Center

Euclid Creek Watershed Council Meeting

Thursday, October 25 - 7:30am-9:00am - Mayfield Village Civic Center

Green Cleaning Workshop for Inside and Out—South Euclid
Tuesday, October 30 - 6:30pm-8:00pm - South Euclid Community Center
Cost: $10 for price of materials, spray bottles and recipes; Registration required by October 23 - Call 216-524-6580x16 to register and for more details - Click here for flyer

Green Cleaning Workshop for Inside and Out—Highland Heights
Wednesday, November 28 - 6:30pm-8:00pm - Highland Heights Community Center
Cost: $10 for price of materials, spray bottles and recipes - Registration required by November 21 - Call 216-524-6580x16 to register and for more details - Click here for flyer

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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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