Contamination is still present.
Booms, ours and theirs, are containing the vast majority. Steady increase in volume. Will get back out Monday to put eyes on it and follow up with OEPA for next steps.
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Nesmith Lake, Gateway to the Portage Lakes.
RiverKeepers Ohio has begun work on the lake and the old Young’s property. The past couple days we spent picking up the visible trash on the property, close to 800 pounds, and this is just the start. Our partnership with the city of Akron is why we can take on this challenge. They are assisting…
Site of our next boom!
Summit Lake, Kenmore side. 72” outfall that has been dumping storm sewer trash directly into the lake for decades. This STOPS next week! Thank you to the City of Akron, the Ohio & Erie Canal Way, South Street Ministries, Ward 9 Councilperson – Tina Boyes, Summit Metro Parks and all the people that support and…
New T-shirts have arrived!
These are for the kids, I just love the color, it goes so well with the logo! 😍 A BIG thank you to Karen Freeman Letter Perfect Embroidery for these super soft t-shirts and other swag that they do for us! Don’t forget, volunteers get a free t-shirt but if you just want to help…
I was honored to have been invited to speak about River Guardians Ohio to a group of people at an event held by Laura Sirot at the NTR Canoe Livery last Saturday.
One of the questions posed was, “what would I like to see from those in office to help our cause”? My simple answer was and is… “First, put some teeth behind violations to our waterways. For example: if you spill a 1000 gallons of oil in the Tuscarawas there should be fines over and above…
So honored to have presented what the River Guardians Ohio are doing in our area to the team of professionals that make up the Summit Soil and Water Conservation District.
Over the past year we have worked with them on several projects and looking forward to many more opportunities to share in our efforts to improve Ohio’s waterways!
