No trash at the boom on Mud Run?!
Went out today to clean and this is what I found along Mud Run. Not wanting to call anyone out but we do need some help in this one section so it stays clean.
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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…
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…
Picked up materials for the new boom on Summit Lake tomorrow morning!
This boom will be located right in front of the Summit Metro Parks Nature Center at the end of Ira.
Monday rounds before the rains.
Managed to pull a couple bags of trash out and plan for more in the morning. Some areas capturing more than others but all are doing the job. Encampments are still active and growing notifications have been sent again. The big wheels move slow, patience.
Finally back out on Wolf Creek in Norton.
Mother Nature had been fighting us this winter with high water, ice, debris. Thanks to Julie Miller for granting access to this section of the creek. And, thank you to Norton Service Dept and Larry Hess for picking up our collected trash. These are two of our biggest hurdles to putting booms in. Permission for…
Tis the season to be busy!
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…
