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Project Boom on Summit Lake!
Added 9 booms today only 4 outfalls left to cover. This should aid in reducing the trash on the waterway. Thank You LeeAnne for the assistance! Video shows the build and install.
It’s trash boom install day for River Guardians Ohio!
If you see them out at Summit Lake today please give them a wave 👋, high five ✋, or a thank you 🥰 for doing their part to keep our waterways clean and free of trash!!
Akron Zoo is the place to be this Saturday, April 18 10-5.
River Guardians Ohio will be set up near Grizzly Ridge. We hope to share with youth how they can help keep our waterways clean for the wildlife!!
Kat Donaldson and Tyler Seeley joined River Guardians Ohio to support the Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition with their monthly Summit Lake cleanup.
They had about 30 volunteers so we wandered down to the area on the south east side of the lake to focus on an spot that hasn’t been getting much love because of accessibility. We have been clearing an encampment and removing phragmites over the past few weeks. Today we worked the waters edge and…
Cold morning at the canal boom today but worth it.
88 pounds, a baller day! Today’s supervisor, Mr. Goose in the background! I am liking this trend! The heavy rains have kept us busy repairing booms and that should be done by the end of the week and next week we will begin deploying some new booms. Thanks to Summit Metro Parks for picking up…
What does it look like at a boom site after Mother Nature has had her fun?
Mud Run netted 147 pounds today. Secondary boom broke away as it is designed, bad news we lost the trash, good news, a natural boom downstream caught most and we will get down there and clean it up. Will ask for some help on that one when the time comes. Sediment is another source of…
A lot of the trash that ends up in our waterways doesn’t start there.
It starts along roadsides, curbs, and overgrown edges where it builds up over time. After vegetation was cleared in this area, a huge amount of hidden litter was exposed. In roughly 1,000 square feet, we pulled 105 pounds of trash in just one cleanup. And this stretch is uphill from the Little Cuyahoga, meaning a…
Supervisor today did approve of our work, Fran Kitchen!
This area on Summit Lake has been “occupied” for some time now and there is a lot of trash to be removed. One step at a time. We opened the area up so there aren’t easy places to hide and this gives us access to all the trash in the water that we have not…
