Getting this cleaned out today to make room for what the storms today might bring.
This is one of our most productive booms stopping tons of trash from making it to the Tuscarawas. We look forward to deploying several more this year.
If you are interested in what we are doing and want to have a conversation, we will be working the Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition Summit Lake cleanup on March 14th.
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…
He did not notice any substance in the water. Out of caution and past experiences especially in this location, we reported to OEPA and received a quick reply. Turns out, last week a Kimball truck had a hydraulic line issue and spilled a couple gallons of fluid on the ground upstream of this location. There…
Over the weekend we received a few more items from our wish list on Amazon. Thank You!!!
This is one of the MAJOR sources of trash coming into Summit Lake. I was out surveying outfalls from my kayak today. We already have two booms on the lake and with some collaboration, we should be deploying a few more on and around the lake soon. Did pull a bag of trash today.
Thank you Jennifer Parker Zylkor for the pic sticks and rope from our Amazon wish list! We are planning a small kids event in April with Summit Metro Parks at the Nature Center. We plan on building a couple trash booms to deploy there on Summit lake and to pick up some trash!
Not much content yet but there will be more to come so PLEASE SUBSCRIBE! Our first video, is a short video created by Opa Runs, is a summary of the events that happened during the July 6, 2023 oil spill in the Tuscarawas River at the Wolf Creek Trailhead in Barberton, Ohio when 1000 Gallons…