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EUCLID CREEK WATERSHED COUNCIL
Cleveland WPC Green Infrastructure Project
EUCLID CREEK WATERSHED PROGRAM
Events and Meetings
(Volunteer Opportunities fun for Families and Community Groups is indicated in Red Text Below)
Shredding Day for Residents
The following communities
are offering free document shredding services to their residents. Contact your
City Hall for more information:
Beachwood (May 13), Cleveland (April 28), Euclid (May 19), Lyndhurst (May 5), Mayfield Heights (May 12), Mayfield Village (May 19), & South Euclid (May 19).
National Take-Back Initiative (Prescription Drug)
Saturday, April 28 10:00am - 2:00pm
Locations include Euclid Hospital, and Beachwood, Highland Heights, Mayfield Heights, and Mayfield Village Police Departments - 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.
Shredding Day for Highland Heights Residents
Saturday, May 5
9:00am-1:00pm
Service Department - 5827 Highland Road (for residents only - bring proof of
residency)
Euclid Creek Invasive Plant Pull Event & FOEC
Bioswale Garden Planting Day
Saturday, May 12 9:00am to Noon
Wildwood Lakefront State Park, Cleveland
9:00am-Noon—Bioswale Garden Maintenance Event
Help Friends of Euclid Creek plant native plants in the garden and learn about this exciting project installed in 2009.
- Bring gloves and a shovel if you have them, sturdy boots and drinking water.
- Meet at the marina parking lot.
10:00am-Noon—Invasive Garlic Mustard Plant Pull
- Help pull invasive garlic mustard, a rapidly spreading invasive plant
that blocks out native species, throughout the park.
- Bring garden or work gloves if you have them and drinking water.
- Meet at the park entrance parking lot.
Dress for the weather.
Wildwood State Park is located at E. 174th Street and Lakeshore Blvd.
Contact Claire Posius at 216-524-6580x16 or cposius@cuyahogaswcd.org for
questions.
Click here for flyer
or to see all events planned for River Day, officially being held on May 19th,
click here
Rain Barrel Workshop—Richmond Heights
Wednesday, May 23 6:30pm-8:00pm
Greenwood Farm, Richmond Heights
Registration required by May 15 Call 216-524-6580 x16 to register or for more details
Cleveland Metroparks 2020 Emerald Necklace Centennial Plan
3rd Round of Public Meetings
Thursday, May 24
5:30pm-7:30pm CanalWay Center
Open House to focus Euclid Creek Reservation, Huntington, CLNP (Dike 14),
Lakefront, & Towpath
See Cleveland
Metroparks website for more information and for additional meetings focused
on different reservations.
2012 Ohio Stormwater Conference
June 6-7
SeaGate Convention Center, Toledo
Click here
for more information
Rain Barrel Workshop—Lyndhurst
Wednesday, June 13 6:30pm-8:00pm
Lyndhurst Community Center
Registration required by June 5 Call 216-524-6580 x16 to register or for more details
Euclid Creek Public Involvement Committee Meeting
Friday, June 22 9:00am-10:30am
South Euclid Community Center
Rain Barrel Workshop—Beachwood
Wednesday, June 27 6:30pm-8:00pm
Beachwood Community Center
Registration required by June 19 Call 216-524-6580 x16 to register or for more details
Rain Barrel Workshop—Mayfield Heights
Monday, July 30
6:30pm-8:00pm Mayfield Heights DeJohn
Community Center
Registration required by July 23 Call 216-524-6580 x16 to register or for more details
Euclid Creek Watershed Council Meeting
Thursday, July 12 7:30am-9:00am Cleveland, Division of Water Pollution Control
Presentation on
Euclid Creek Watershed—South Euclid Garden Club Meeting
Tuesday, August 21 6:30pm--8:00pm South Euclid Community
Center
Euclid Creek Annual Stream Cleanup Event
& FOEC Bioswale Service Day
Saturday, September 8 10:00am*-noon
Wildwood State Park, Cleveland
*Join us earlier at 9:00am to learn about and help maintain
(weeding/trash removal) the new Bioswale / landscaped median.
Contact: Claire Posius for more details - 216-524-6580x16
Detailed event flyer coming soon
Great Lakes Restoration Conference 2012
Tuesday-Thursday, September 11-13
Renaissance Hotel, Cleveland Click
here for more information
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
Ongoing Meetings:
Friends of Euclid Creek (FOEC) Monthly Meetings
FOEC meets the first Tuesday of the month
at 6:30pm at the South Euclid Community Center.
May 1 meeting a Spring Wildflower Walk - meet at the Highland Road Picnic Area of Euclid Creek Reservation.
-See the FOEC website for more information and to join!
Friends of Euclid Creek website: http://friendsofeuclidcreek.nhlink.net/
FOEC Blog Spot: http://foecnews.blogspot.com/
Highland Heights Green Task Force Meetings
Meets the first Wednesday of the month
from 7:00pm-9:00pm at the Highland Heights Community Center. For more
details see the group's website at
www.highlandhtsgreen.com.
South Euclid Citizens for Land Conservation
Meets as needed at South Euclid City Hall (upstairs). For more information, contact Barb Holtz at 216-382-3595 or mothernature3@sbcglobal.net
Other Happenings in the Watershed:
The Euclid Beach Adopt-a-Beach™ Team Beach
Cleanups
Join the Euclid Beach Adopt-a-Beach™ as we clean and screen Euclid Beach State Park!
Saturday, May 19th from 10:00am-12:00pm
Saturday, June 16th from 10:00am-1:00pm
Saturday, July 21sth from 10:00am-12:00pm
Saturday, August 4 from 5:00pm-8:00pm - Euclid Beach Blast Event to celebrate Euclid Beach! (details coming soon)
Saturday, August 18th from
10:00am-12:00pm
Directions to Euclid Beach State Park: Euclid Beach does not have a
street address, but if it did it would be located at 16300 Lake Shore
Boulevard. The Park is located on the north side of Lake Shore Boulevard
between E. 152nd Street and E. 185th Street just east of the Euclid Beach Arch
(at E. 159th Street), in Cleveland, Ohio 44104.
Details: We will meet at the Euclid Beach Pavilion and then the group
will head down to the beach collecting the trash we find (this is an eye opening
experience!). We will then conduct simple beach observation and interactive
water quality tests. Finally, we will wrap things up with some refreshments,
pictures and a trash weighing contest!
Contact Information: For more information, contact Stephen Love slove@mail.bw.edu,
(216)-571-0685. Visit the Euclid Beach Adopt-a-Beach Team on Facebook!
Composting Workshops & Bin Sales offered by Cuyahoga Solid
Waste District (SWD)
Wednesday, May 16
Bay Village Community Center 6:30 pm
Please register here.
Tuesday, June 12
Collinwood Rec. Cntr. Cleve. 6:30 pm
Please register here.
Tuesday, June 26
Garfield Heights SWD Office 6:00 -
8:00 pm Combination Rain Barrel Workshop and Compost
Seminar
To register, call Amy at (216) 524-6580 ext. 22
Tuesday, July 17
Lakewood Park
7:00 pm
Please register here.
Wednesday, August 22 Lyndhurst
Community Center 7:00 p.m
Please register here.
Thursday, Sept. 20 Middleburg Heights Comm. Cntr. 7:00 pm Please register here.
Thursday, Oct. 4 Solon Community Center 6:30 pm Please register here.
Click here for more details on composting workshops or to see additional
workshops in 2012
Native Plant Sales in the Area
- Buy native plants at a sale this
Spring!
Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District
Rain Garden Plant Kit Sale
May 20-June 30. Three rain garden
plant kits available for order and delivery to your location; kits contain 38
native plants of 10-12 species. For more information go to
http://www.cuyahogaswcd.org/RainGardenPlantKits.htm.
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Natural Areas
Native Plant Sale -
Click here for Flyer
Orders needed by Tuesday, May 9, 2012
Holden Arboretum
Native Plant Sale -
Click here for event
details
Sale on Saturday May 19 and Sunday, May 20, 10:00am-4:00pm
Past Events
2011 Euclid Creek Watershed Events
2010 Euclid Creek Watershed Events
2009 Euclid Creek Watershed Events
2008 Euclid Creek Watershed Events