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Had to pull out “the guns” for 253 pounds of trash this morning that made it downstream on Mud Run when our booms blew out from the flooding. (We repaired them yesterday).
We do have some fun and really appreciate the waves and words of encouragement from folks passing by. Tomorrow at 8 am, we will be on Summit Lake around the Nature Center adding secondary booms there. (Too much trash coming through the storm sewers on heavy rain events). A big Thank You to Summit Metro…
Cold morning at the canal boom today but worth it.
88 pounds, a baller day! Today’s supervisor, Mr. Goose in the background! I am liking this trend! The heavy rains have kept us busy repairing booms and that should be done by the end of the week and next week we will begin deploying some new booms. Thanks to Summit Metro Parks for picking up…
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.
Short dialog on “how do I single handily pull a stuck tire out of a creek”, became a full blown cleanup and movement along Hawthorne Creek around Solon.
Link to the cleanup this Saturday is here. I misspoke on the video, Tinker’s Creek Watershed Partners, not “conservancy”
Already over a TON of trash removed at our booms this year!!!
It has been a busy week from a site survey for a private land owner dealing with decades of trash collected from a storm sewer, a new temporary boom downtown for the Bicentennial event that may or may not happen Saturday (we pulled about 120 pounds out of the short stretch of the canal by…
Worked on a trouble spot on the canal just north of Wilbert road.
Met some great people and even received a helping hand from Tim. Two ladies pictured, could not remember if I asked if they could be tagged but they had picked up trash along the towpath and I was able to place it next to ours for pickup by Summit Metro Parks. Thanks to all! Days…
