This is a quick review of what will be coming in the near future with this watershed. Kary Burns-Bailey and Harley Baily had contacted River Guardians Ohio through Summit Soil and Water Conservation District about this watershed that runs through their community. Short version, I have met with them on site a couple times and…
As with many revitalization actions around Akron, they center around water. The Cuyahoga, the Little Cuyahoga, Summit Lake and the Canal to name a few. “They” do excellent work in building and maintaining the infrastructure of these spaces, but had been missing a critical piece. Our mission as River Guardians is to directly address the…
I went into the water today to survey the damage to our booms and the work the property owners have done (good work by them) and decided on this video. We have reached out to the City of Akron and reaching out to contacts with the City of Barberton for help. This will require equipment…
Thank you Ken Evans at Signal Akron for doing this story on River Guardians Ohio! I am super proud of my husband James Carnahan aka Opa Runs and all his volunteers for all the work they do to keep our waterways clean and so much more!! 💥
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…
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!