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Building a Rain Garden: The Digging!

Posted on 06/28/19 by Elizabeth in Educational Outreach

Abby Costillow from Cleveland Metroparks showing MRG students how to dig a flat rain garden on a slope. If only it was this easy to move dirt!

We have been immersed in our first Master Rain Garden Workshop the past three weeks! This weeks class was all about digging! If you are building a rain garden this year here are some tips we teach in the class to help make sure your rain garden is the right depth, that it is level, and that you... read more

Celebrating the Cuyahoga River-From Brown to Blue

Posted on 06/11/19 by in Educational Outreach

On June 22, the city of Cleveland and the Cuyahoga River will celebrate a half-century of cleaner water. Cleveland, a Rust Belt city, often heralded as the “Mistake on the Lake” has rebounded from rust to blue. So, having been of a certain age in 1969, I want to take you on a quick tour through the decades. In... read more

Backyard Invasive Plants: Common Reed Grass (Phragmites australis)

Posted on 06/04/19 by Elizabeth in Friends of Euclid Creek

Aggressive Invasive Plants

Common Reed Grass (Phragmites australis) is an aggressive invasive plant. We often see them along highways growing in ditches and ponds. Although considered attractive by many, their beauty is not worth the destruction they cause. Originally from Eurasia, they have spread throughout the U.S. and Canada. These dense, fast growing stands destroy natural habitats that provide critical food and... read more

Stormwater Infrastructure Bicycle Tour

Posted on 05/21/19 by Brent in Educational Outreach

Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District's is hosting a bicycle tour of stormwater infrastructure as part of the Cuyahoga 50 celebration. To quote from the Cuyahoga 50 event page "Water. It sustains us, nourishes us, and drives our economy. By the time of the 1969 Cuyahoga River fire, there was no visible life in the water. Fifty years later the... read more

What the Kestrel?!

Posted on 05/14/19 by Megan in Storm Water Services

Kestrel Fledgling

Last June I received a call from one of my site contacts, Pete Daugherty with Snavely Group, who was concerned about some young falcons flying into his construction site. The young birds were American Kestrels. The American Kestrel is the smallest falcon found in eastern north America weighing only 4.1 oz. with a wingspan of 22 inches. They... read more

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