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…
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…
We were a small group of 3, Jerri Stimmel , Akrawdy Akron Angler and Opa. Our focus was Nesmith Lake, specifically the old Young’s location. We have been picking trash here since the winter and began clearing some of the bank so we could get to more and in order to install a couple booms….
On Saturday, River Guardians Ohio, took to the zoo!! We were invited by the Akron Zoo to partake in their ‘Party for The Planet’ event in celebration of the upcoming Earth Day holiday. It turned out to be a great day despite the downpour that started around 1:30 pm until the end at 5 pm….
Kat made it down, joining in the festivities and brought a “faceless” friend! Then along came two young ladies that wanted to become River guardians…if they could wear the official hat! They sported an RGO sticker!
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!!
She is a resident that is passionate about the neighborhood going all the way back to her childhood, playing in the woods and water while exploring the trails around her home, and wants to see the same for her children and grandchildren. We are very excited to call her a friend. We pulled about 63…
This Western Chorus Frog literally hopped over to me at the Cordova project area last week. I took this picture to show what he wanted to tell me. ” Please help us”, the little one says. “It isn’t good here”. Look at the left front foot where the toes are fused and the right rear…
