Three years ago I had the opportunity to attend a mission trip in Cerro Alto, Guatemala. During the trip we shared a bus with a team of women who were working in local communities installing water filters. After learning how one small filter could provide an entire community with clean water for generations I decided I wanted to... read more
If you enjoy swimming and recreating in Lake Erie over the hot summer months, the Ohio Department of Health has consolidated swim advisory information onto one website: http://publicapps.odh.ohio.gov/BeachGuardPublic/Default.aspx. You can now find out if there are high bacteria counts and if there are unsafe toxic algae levels on this one website. Why are we having water quality problems regionally?... read more
In geology, a proglacial lake is a lake formed either by the damming action of a moraine or ice dam during the retreat of a melting glacier, or by meltwater trapped against an ice sheet due to isostatic depression of the crust around the ice. Proglacial lakes in the Lake Erie basin began forming 14,000 years ago. What would... read more
Spring encompassed a fantastic array of stewardship activities in the watershed. Between Earth Day activities with Girl Scouts, Arbor Day tree plantings, and corporate Earth Day celebrations it was super busy and super fun! Events were held in Euclid Creek and in our adjacent Nine Mile watershed. Here are some of the fun activities that happened and the... read more
As anyone who has participated in neighborhood, stream or beach cleanups can tell you, plastic pollution is everywhere. Styrofoam, plastic bags, microbeads and now microfibers are a growing concern and a hot topic among environmentalists. Thankfully, public awareness is growing and progressive, environmentally-minded legislators, such as Cuyahoga County Councilwoman Sonny Simon and Ohio Senator Michael Skindell have sponsored... read more