October and November events

Thursday, October 2, 2014

October and November events

October 7 - Meeting

Please join us Tuesday, October 7, 2014, at our general meeting to hear Frank Greenland, Director of Watershed Programs with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District.

Mr. Greenland will discuss two Sewer District programs aimed at improving water quality in the Lake Erie Watershed. With the recent events in Toledo, this is a topic that concerns everyone and supports our goal to advocate for the health of the Euclid Creek watershed.

Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Time: 6:30 PM

Location: South Euclid Community Center
1370 Victory Drive
South Euclid, Ohio 44121
(behind Giant Eagle on Mayfield)

Please join us for this highly informative program and learn how the Euclid Creek Watershed impacts water quality in Lake Erie

Oct. 11 - Restoration Planting in Highland Heights

Saturday, Oct. 11, from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m., the Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District and the Friends of Euclid Creek are holding a Restoration Planting Project at the newly conserved property on Bishop Road.

If you would like to help install plants and clean up trash at the site, call 216-524-6580 x16 to register or for details.

November 3 - Meeting

When: November 03 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Where: Beachwood Community Center, 25325 Fairmount Blvd Beachwood, OH 44122 map this

Join us for an exciting State Legislative Update from Jack Shaner, Deputy Director/Senior Director of Legislative & Public Affairs from the Ohio Environmental Council.

Please note that this meeting is on a Monday - not FOEC's regular Tuesday meeting night.

Please let me know at jeanette.evans@sbcglobal.net if you have any questions.

Here are some of the deer resistant plants for our October 11 planting in Highland Heights.

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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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