Funds request, March and April activities

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Funds request, March and April activities

We are now accepting funds to support the purchase of two properties that save endangered greenspace in developed suburbs (Richmond Heights and Highland Heights).

Click HERE for more details about this property.
Click HERE to access our Donate feature.

MARCH MEETING

Here is a note from President Barb Holtz about our March meeting.

Hello all.

Our next Friends of Euclid Creek meeting in this Tuesday, March 5 at 6:30 pm at the Lyndhurst Community Center. Our meeting time is serving as a public meeting for Cleveland Metroparks regarding the newly acquired Acacia Country Club, now called Acacia Reservation. The focus of the meeting is to educate the public regarding restoration initiatives for the property and to get public input regarding those initiatives. It is not the forum to discuss infrastructure such as the clubhouse, parking, park entrance, etc.

This is a wonderful opportunity to share information about our group (I will get a few minutes to introduce FOEC) and share our concerns and hopes for Euclid Creek watershed health. I hope to see many FOEC members there! We will have a short meeting after for Claire to give us updates plus I will share some reminders about upcoming meetings.

Lyndhurst Community Center is behind the Lyndhurst City Hall (5301 Mayfield Rd.) and can be accessed off Parkview Road, just west of the city hall.

Peace, Barb Holtz

APRIL MEETING

Our Wednesday, April 3 meeting is a joint meeting with the Highland Heights Green Task force. Note the departure from our usual time and place to cover this important topic.

Who is the speaker: Geoffrey Westerfield, ODNR, Division of Wildlife
What is the topic: Deer Overpopulation
When: Wednesday, April 3, 7:00 PM
Where: Highland Heights Community Center, 5827 Highland Road

More about the Highland Heights Green Task force is at the http://www.highlandhtsgreen.com/ site. If you have any questions about the meeting or task force, please contact:

Jeanette Evans at jeanette.evans@sbcglobal.net (or)
Judy Dearden - President of the Highland Heights Green Task Force - at hhgreentaskforce@yahoo.com

APRIL TREE PLANTING

Please volunteer for the April 27 tree planting in Richmond Heights.

Streamside Tree Planting in Richmond Heights
Saturday, April 27 9:00am-1:00pm Richmond Heights City Hall

Help Reforest Richmond Heights! ReLeaf partners and volunteers will plant more than a hundred trees, some large, some small, along 770 feet of Claribel Creek, a tributary to the East Branch Euclid Creek in Richmond Heights.

Volunteers are needed for all kinds of work - planting, mulching, donut-distribution and more.
To volunteer, or for more information, please contact Cathi Lehn at 216-241-2414 x307, or email lehnc@crcpo.org.

THANK YOU FOR VISITING

The photo comes from Daniel Hancock, a winner in our last photo contest. Thank you for visiting FOEC News. We are now over 12,000 views.

IN THE MEDIA

A thank you goes out to Cleveland.com for the following article describing our most recent land acquisition initiative and effort to preserve green space in Richmond Heights and Highland Heights -

http://www.cleveland.com/euclid/index.ssf/2013/02/friends_of_euclid_creek_seeks.html

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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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