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River Guardians Ohio have turned a “phragmites dead zone” into a place where the wildlife can get to moving water in these freezing temperatures.
Byproduct of this, they leave seeds that will propagate this area back into a more natural and livable habitat. Johnny Ringo has been working hard here and the end of the video is a reward that brought tears to both of us. We recognize this will be a multi years long process but we owe…
“Heeerrrrees Johnny”! And Eric yesterday evening at the Summit Lake Nature Center for our RiverGuardians Ohio presentation.
Sherry too was there and it took the three of them to keep me on track. Thank You Summit Metro Parks for the honor of sharing what we are about and a special thank you to Stephanie.
Mud Run received some much needed attention this morning.
Little over 100 pounds today. The video and my narration is about an hour and a half of time condensed down to 3 min. Even in my younger days I could not move like this.
River Guardian Johnny Ringo spent some time over the weekend down at the Cordova Project area.
We have mentioned and shown a few times one of our big goals. The removal of phragmites along the creek so we can better access and control the trash coming into the area and to better monitor pollution entering the watershed from the storm sewer outfall. In this short snip, you can see Johnny cutting…
Out on a little patrol along Mud Run this morning.
Hidden under the snow is a fair amount of trash in the booms. Will likely be hitting that either Monday or Tuesday morning. The rainbow and discoloration is petroleum pollution most likely from our roads and parking lots all of which dump onto storm sewers and all of which dump into our waterways. There are…
The Cordova project is more than just stopping and collecting trash before it pollutes a pond that is fed by this creek.
The area in this video is the headwaters of a couple storm sewer outfalls. Every time it rains, trash pours in and for the past few months, we have been catching and removing it right here. “The Trash Stops Here!” In addition, we have started the long hard process of removing the phragmites where we…
Short video that demonstrates how River Guardians Ohio simple booms solve a very complex problem with our waterways.
This is the Canal Boom on the south side of Summit Lake. You will note the oil sheen on the water. It did not persist once we removed the trash. There were a couple bottles of petroleum products that were the probable source.
A winter meeting with key players at the Cordova project area to discuss what we have accomplished to date and plans for the near future and longer range goals.
I must say that working with Let’s Grow Akron, the Black Hawk Foundation and in this case Jeff Wilhite from Summit County Council has been and continues to be inspirational to say the least. Over the past year I have witnessed the dreams of a few folks dedicated to giving back blossoming into a reality….
Our New Name!
You may have noticed that we have been laying low the past several weeks and now I am able to announce why. As of Dec 9, 2025 we officially changed our name to River Guardians Ohio. While we had done our due diligence when registering our old name, we didn’t dig deep enough. We received…
