FOEC News - Friends of Euclid Creek (FOEC)

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.

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

September and October meetings

Please join us Tuesday, September 2, at our general meeting to hear certified tree Arborist, Mr. Al Klonowski, speak about the title, “challenges facing our water and soil.” Mr. Klonowksi evaluated the Redstone Run property in Richmond Heights, and was instrumental in identifying the trees on the property. His findings were included in a report for the grant process.
Mr. Klonowski’s presentation coincides with recent USA Today headlines of “Ohio’s 4^thlargest city has no drinking water.” We all know that the water supply of Toledo was contaminated last month when a toxic algae bloom entered the supply intake pipes on Lake Erie. Could Cleveland be next? Come find out at our next meeting!

Location: South Euclid Community Center
1370 Victory Drive
(behind Giant Eagle on Mayfield)
South Euclid, Ohio 44121
Time: 6:30 PM

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

For our October, meeting, please stay tuned for details.

Oct. 4 - Euclid Creek Water Monitors Needed

This message is from Claire Posius.

Hello Euclid Creek Volunteer Monitors,

I wanted to let you know about an exciting monitoring event coming up in the Euclid Creek that was spearheaded by the Cleveland Metroparks. It’s called A Day in the Life of Euclid Creek and is happening on Saturday, Oct. 4, 8:00am-2:00pm, at all 3 Cleveland Metroparks Reservations in Euclid Creek - Acacia, Euclid Creek Reservation & Wildwood Park. We’re going to have monitoring activities going on at each site throughout the day for the public to see, led by the Metroparks staff, NEORSD, and Lou Rifici. They will lead a training with our equipment at Wildwood (see detailed schedule below) and we’re hoping that you all can help out too.

What we’d like is to have each of our 5 Euclid Creek sites monitored that morning any time between 8am and 12:30pm, and then everyone who has collected data will present the results from the day at Wildwood Picnic Pavilion around 1:00pm (lunch provided!). Sierra Club Water Sentinels will also be monitoring a few additional sites in Euclid Creek that morning.

I wanted to see if you’d be able to and interested in helping us out by monitoring a site that morning? Lou Rifici will have one set of equipment as he’ll be leading the training at Wildwood from 11:30-1:00 – then we’ll all meet up at the pavilion at Wildwood to present results from each of the sites. So we need volunteers to monitor the remaining 4 sites - Chardon/White site, Highland Metroparks site, Schaefer Park and South Euclid-Lyndhurst – but we’ll only have 1 set of equipment to share, so there will be some added coordination I’ll work on with you closer to the date.

Let me know if you’re able to help – and if you’re uncomfortable presenting the results I’m happy to help.

Here are more details about the day:

Help take a snapshot of Euclid Creek starting near the headwaters in Acacia Reservation and ending at the confluence with Lake Erie in Wildwood Park. At each location, volunteers will help test water quality and other measures of stream quality with demonstrations offered by natural resource staff and educators. For more details call 216-524-6580x16 or to register for the lunch portion, go to www.clevelandmetroparks.com.

And here is the schedule:

· Acacia Reservation: 8-9am (Meet in the Cedar Rd. parking lot). Learn about water quality sampling and restoration plans for Acacia Reservation.

· Euclid Creek Reservation: 9:45-10:45am (Meet at Upper Highland Picnic Area Shelter). Discover the world of macroinvertebrates and why they are a good measure of stream habitat quality.

· Wildwood Park at Euclid Creek Reservation: 11:30-1:30pm (Meet at the Wildwood Shelter). See a demonstration of electrofishing, a technique used to assess fish populations including numbers and species. Enjoy a light lunch while hearing about the day's results and the health of Euclid Creek.

· For additional information or to register for the lunch portion of the event, go to Clevelandmetroparks.com or call 440-887-1968.

And of course, this will serve as our monthly monitoring for October.

Thanks for considering helping – it should be a fun day!

-Claire

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Claire Posius

Euclid Creek Watershed Coordinator

Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District

6100 West Canal Road

Valley View, Ohio 44125

cposius@cuyahogaswcd.org

Ph: 216.524.6580 x16

Fx: 216.524.6584

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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

August 6 meeting at Greenwood Farm

Our Wednesday, August 6, meeting starts at 6:30 at Greenwood Farm and is a joint meeting with the Highland Heights Green Task Force and Greenwood Farms Association. Please let me know at jeanette.evans@sbcglobal.net if you have any questions.

For more information about Greenwood Farm please see www.greenwoodfarmassn.org.

Here is a map showing Greenwood Farm at 264 Richmond Road, Richmond Heights.

This is a message from FOEC President Christi Carlson.

Please join us next month at the next monthly meeting for a “Midsummer’s Eve Social” at Greenwood Farm. This meeting is a unique collaboration, with the Highland Heights Green Task Force, so that we may offer you diverse programming.

The meeting is on a different night and at a different location. You can expect more surprises down stream with Friends of Euclid Creek!

Please note the details below: Wednesday, August 6, 2014 6:30 PM

Location: Greenwood Farms
264 Richmond Road (north of Cuyahoga County Airport)
Richmond Heights, Ohio

ACTIVITIES: Meeting, Greenwood Farms tour, creek walk, and food and drink.

Claire Posius, Euclid Creek Watershed Coordinator, will discuss the ecological importance of Greenwood Farms as it relates to the watershed. We will also learn more about the green infrastructure project recently constructed on the site.

Dr. Roy Larick, of Bluestone Heights, will offer his perspective on how the Eastern Branch of Euclid Creek weaves nature and culture together to create a sustainable place in this highly sensitive part of the watershed.

What better way to spend a summer evening, than down by Euclid Creek. We will see you there! It will be fun!

Presentation on SB310

Thank you to Ken Rapport for his presentation - made on our members to members night - on SB310 - viewable HERE.

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Scholarship winner announced - Great news!

We are pleased to announce that we have awarded our Friends of Euclid Creek Scholarship in Environmental Studies to Anne Roberto who is pursuing environmental studies at Tri-C, planning to transfer to CSU to obtain an bachelor's degree in environmental science with focus in biology.

Annie stated in her application letter that it is her "goal to become an environmental scientist working in the field of wildlife conservation. I am also interested in the field of sustainability and the career of a sustainability specialist."

"I have had an interest in environmental science from a young age ... and ... grew up in South Euclid.. where the Euclid Creek runs through my backyard...playing and exploring in the creek. I had an interest and curiosity in the different changes that occurred within the creek from different environmental factors such as the weather, and also human factors like pollution."

"Growing up, being surrounded by nature stirred a passion in me to want to work towards preserving it. I am quite concerned with the effects of pollution in my community as well as the rest of the planet, and the effects on human health."

"I am connecting more pieces each day through my education and gaining insight into the environmental systems, and the detrimental effects that cause changes to them. I am hoping that through my education I can help protect and preserve not only wildlife, but also help make a difference in the negative effects on our planet."