Join Ohio State Senate Candidate Laura Sirot for a trip down the Tuscarawas River
Looking forward to spending time and sharing conversation with others who have a passion for our environment and doing something about it! Hope to see you there!!!
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Coldest January I can remember.
Made a round of the booms today. Pulled some trash from Mud Run and the canal boom just over 90 pounds. All the others are still locked in ice including Wolf Creek. That should break out tomorrow or Friday and we will try to get that one reset. Construction crews by the highway north of…
Mud Run never disappoints!
135 pounds today! I am in the water at this boom but one does not have to get in the water when cleaning a boom, the trash is directed to you on the shore. I get in sometimes to get things out of the muck and here because I want to go up and downstream…
2024 Year in review for River Guardians Ohio
From designing our trash boom, getting it approved by ODNR at the beginning of the year, to coordinating with Summit Metro Parks, City of Akron, City of Norton; working with property owners for access, South Street Ministries and Ohio Erie Canalway Coalition, who help pull out some of the trash collected in the booms. Our…
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…
River Guardians Ohio has gone International!
Michaela, my Cousin here from Germany, spent some time this weekend checking and cleaning booms. 3 bags of trash and another 60 pounds or should it be 27.22 kilograms, out of the waterways!
See the difference?
Couple weeks ago Riverkeepers Ohio noticed the odd color to the bottom in the canal near a cleanup spot. Odd enough to notify the OEPA. Long story short, there was a contamination (did not affect the ecosystem according to the investigator) and today the issue has been corrected and cleaned up. The system, though imperfect,…
