Initially we took on this location to do trash mitigation per the request of a local property owner…this is developing into a full blown restoration project of this tiny waterway from the creek itself to the riparian area and how this impacts all of the surrounding community. This is a major project for our small…
They had participated in the Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition sponsored cleanup the week before and loved the experience. Now they want to be able to do more but were worried about the logistics of getting trash picked up if they were on their own. They are not on their own now as through RiverGuardians…
Received these items last week from our Amazon wish list. I find it interesting that where there is a need, there always seems to be a way. Over the weekend I tore one pair of my gloves and lost another. We also picked up a couple more volunteers to work some of our trash booms…
When we walked in, the first thing we saw was this super long grabber leaned up against the wall and we started drooling 🤣. Our plan was to check it out at the end of the evening but John Shepard, pictured with us, gifted this fun tool to help with our efforts. (I think they…
Short video shows a young man learning how to clean a boom and receive an RGO bucket and picstick for his efforts! This event was put on by the Akron Zoo, thanks to Sam James for asking us to attend. We were also excited to have Summit Soil and Water Conservation District taking the opportunity…
Eric Fitch and I dropped in a boom on the Little Cuyahoga yesterday for an Akron Zoo event Saturday. Water was a little high but the two old men managed to get it in. On our way back to the cars, we came upon these two snapping turtles doing a “thing”. When you become intimate…
189 pounds isn’t too bad of a haul. The videos here are mostly these two booms as they are convenient for filming and they do show the jest of what goes on when cleaning booms. We have a few more booms that will be going in over the next little while as we work through…
We have an event with the Akron Zoo down on the Little Cuyahoga River by the Mustill Store on May 30th. Our part will be demonstrating and building with our future generation, a trash boom and demonstrating the operation and maybe a little scavenger hunt of sorts. Earlier in the week we surveyed a location…
Kat Donaldson, Johnny Ringo and I put half in as the second boom on the Cordova Project and the other half is now home under the dock on the North Shore area of Summit Lake. We also collected about 130 pounds of trash from the two locations. Best part of it all, spending time together…
Its was a dirty job but someone had to do it! Actually, went down to remove this boom for a number of logistical reasons but the plan is to repurpose it in a couple of locations over the weekend by splitting it, cleaning it and giving it a new home on Summit Lake and the…