Opa Runs got caught in the rain while riding his bike to check and clean the booms this morning! HA! 🤣 ⛈️

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!
Added 9 booms today only 4 outfalls left to cover. This should aid in reducing the trash on the waterway. Thank You LeeAnne for the assistance! Video shows the build and install.
They had participated in the Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition sponsored cleanup the week before and loved the experience. Now they want to be able to do more but were worried about the logistics of getting trash picked up if they were on their own. They are not on their own now as through RiverGuardians…
Getting this cleaned out today to make room for what the storms today might bring. This is one of our most productive booms stopping tons of trash from making it to the Tuscarawas. We look forward to deploying several more this year. If you are interested in what we are doing and want to have…
This big mess of trash is located in Mud Run across from the old Pops Chicken restaurant on Waterloo Rd, just before you cross the tracks towards the old Reiter daily and Wooster Rd. If you are a YouTube watcher, please subscribe to our new channel @riverkeepersohio for more videos that aren’t posted on Opa’s…
Long story short, enter Summit Soil and Water Conservation District and River Guardians Ohio. Sarah from SSWCD and I along with the property owner and 4 of her young children, built a trash boom, installed it and then proceeded to remove about 450 pounds of trash in a couple hours. Best part of the entire…