Posted on 06/01/21 by Amy in Educational Outreach
I see with my very eyes - PLANTS! Plants that I grew!! Plants that are now in the ground and are doing well. I'm a good gardener but I STINK at growing from seed - or I did. I just was doing it wrong for me. Some people have the patience and space for growing plants indoors under grow... read more
Posted on 05/26/21 by Elizabeth in Friends of Euclid Creek
Hi, Everyone, Friends of Euclid Creek will at last be able to move our activities outside and have inside group presentations. Hope to meet all of you in person soon! 2021 Scholarship Winner Nina Savastano, Lyndhurst. Nina will be a senior at John Carroll University, majoring in Environmental Science. Nina plans on staying in the watershed area to work in an... read morePosted on 05/25/21 by in Educational Outreach
Those of us working in conservation understand the importance of trees and their benefits, both human and environmental. In Cuyahoga County an analysis of the urban tree canopy, revealed that the canopy is shrinking. Once known as the Forest City, Cleveland’s tree canopy has gone from abundant to abysmal, shrinking from 19% to 17% in less than a... read more
Posted on 05/20/21 by Brent in Storm Water Services
Whether it's pollinators, urban runoff, stream stabilization, or litter; within the field of conservation we all have different interests; and that's fine. Conservation topics are as diverse as the world we live in. However, the relentless cacophony of general news media paired with tailor made social media algorithms is likely resulting in important topics being overlooked by people... read more
Posted on 05/11/21 by Meg in Rocky River Watershed
The Rocky River Clean-Up has been going on annually for nearly a decade and a half, a local tradition for the first Saturday in June. In the past it has entailed a large group of volunteers coming out to tackle litter along the river followed by a cookout. Sadly, last year it was canceled due to COVID-19 (we’ll... read more
