1 year ago today, River Guardians Ohio installed the very first trash boom on Mud Run Creek.
Hard to believe how far we have come in such a very short time. Thank You ALL that have supported our efforts!
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I took the bucket strainer out today at Summit lake and it did ok.
Certainly tedious work and my back hurts! I feel this contraption would work a little better for the really muddy areas where the shore is a slow grade to the water. In those areas the mud is a few inches deep and wet and full of plastics. Then I could just shovel the mud into…
Akron crew clearing a debris jam just upstream from our boom. Thank You!
This will help in our efforts at this location! BTW #RiverkeepersOhio will be here Sunday doing some work on the booms and cleaning out trash. #bagoftrashaday
Meet Levi
One of our future doing his part to keep our waterways clean of trash. He was part of a group #RiverKeepersOhio did an event for through Summit Metro Parks earlier in the year. They learned how the trash from the streets miles away ends up in his lake through storm sewers. They built and installed…
See the difference?
Couple weeks ago Riverkeepers Ohio noticed the odd color to the bottom in the canal near a cleanup spot. Odd enough to notify the OEPA. Long story short, there was a contamination (did not affect the ecosystem according to the investigator) and today the issue has been corrected and cleaned up. The system, though imperfect,…
