• Public Involvement & Education
• Storm Water Program
• Watershed Programs
• Conservation Easements
• Soil Fertility Analysis

Public Involvement & Education

Conservation education is one of Cuyahoga SWCD's major initiatives.  Education raises awareness of issues that affect our natural systems, which impacts the quality of life in our communities.  Cuyahoga SWCD offers various educational opportunities and resources:

Education Programs

• Envirothon
   
• Forestry Camp
   
• Poster Contest
   
• National Wildlife Federation
  Habitat Stewards Training and Certification
  - these workshops will not be held in 2011, check back for 2012 dates
   
• Stream Clean Up
   
• Stream Monitoring (PDF - 442 KB)
   

• Storm Drain Stenciling:
  Storm Drain Stenciling Fact Sheet (PDF - 56KB)
  Project Handbook (PDF - 287KB)
   

• Stream Stewards program:
  Stream Stewards Fact Sheet (PDF - 357KB)
  Patch Booklet for Leaders (PDF - 828KB)
  Patch Booklet for Youth (PDF - 535KB)
   

• Rain Gardens
   
• Rain Barrel Workshops
   
• Speaker's Bureau
  (Each presentation is about an hour. Presentations are FREE. All you have to do is call us and we will arrange to present to your group - call 216/524-6580, ext. 22).
  
      Available presentations:
            1. Rain Gardens
            2. Seven Simple Steps to Clean Water
            3. Going Green In Your Backyard
            4. Be the Solution to Storm Water Pollution
            5. Rocky River Watershed/Rocky River Watershed Program
            6. Euclid Creek Watershed/Euclid Creek Watershed Program
            7. Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District: 
                  Who We Are and What We Do
                  (includes 13 minute video about Cuyahoga SWCD)
   

Teacher Resources

• Life Depends on Water  - Water Quality Resources and lesson plans
   
• Environmental Models:
  (available to be borrowed or used in class presentation)
  
  -Enviroscape (Watershed/Nonpoint Source Model)
  -Streamulator
   
• Annual Teachers Workshop
  -In 2012 we will be hosting a week long workshop on Earth Partnership for Schools. Check back for details.
   
• Lesson Plans - our education staff is trained in the following curricula. Contact us for lesson plan ideas for your class (all are correlated to the academic standards).
  
  -Project WET (Water Education for Teachers)
  -Project Learning Tree
  -Project WILD
  -Project WILD Aquatic
  -Wonders of Wetlands
  -Planning of Wetlands
  -Healthy Water/Healthy People
  -Food, Land and People
  -Facing the Future
  -Earth Partnership for Schools
  -The Globe Program
   

 

Please call Cuyahoga SWCD to learn more about the educational opportunities and resources we have to offer.  Requests for presentations and/or resources are on an availability basis.
-  First Come First Served Basis -