FOEC News - Friends of Euclid Creek (FOEC): November 2013

Saturday, November 9, 2013

December holiday party

You are invited to Friends of Euclid Creek's Holiday Gathering

Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Doors open at 6:30pm and dinner at 7:00pm
Mayfield Village Community Room (at NW corner of SOM Center Road and Wilson Mills Road)

Celebrate the season by joining FOEC for this festive, fundraising event! Good company, good food and good music for a great cause.

$22 in advance, $25 at the door (make checks payable to "Friends of Euclid Creek").

Please RSVP by November 27 to Barb Pophal at 216-481-4397.

This image of American Holly is from wildflowers.org

Sunday, November 3, 2013

November meeting

November Meeting

November 5 6:30pm-8:30pm South Euclid Community Center
Topic: Sewer district speaker about water quality
A speaker from the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District will share with us just how our water is made ready for drinking

Stay tuned for an update on this graphic to include the funds we recently raised for our land conservation projects including the Redstone Run property in Richmond Heights. Thank you to Clare Posius for providing the graphic. We are still actively accepting donations as we have not yet reached our goal.

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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