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The video is from Sunday as we surveyed the location for a cleanup coming Thursday 13th June about 9 am.
Thank You Summit Metro Parks for the coordination here just north of the Wilbeth trailhead. Dave and I will be out cleaning if you care to cruise by. Going to trying something new in our bag of tricks for this one.
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,…
Reminder why we are working so hard to bring a real fix to the trash issue on Summit Lake.
River Guardians Ohio’s efforts along with so many others is slowly taking things from trash to treasure. Can you even see the babies in the left photo from yesterday? Same ducks, same day, same place!
To whomever sent the stakes from our RGO Amazon wish list, Thank You!
There was no note, and would love to say a proper thank you. Funny how things work. We had just used up all of our stakes last week putting in the final booms on Summit Lake!
On 6 Sept, the Dover Chemical company in Dover was responsible for a toxic spill of a phenol based product into Sugar Creek (tributary to the Tuscarawas) resulting the immediate killing of fish.
There was no report to the public from them, local politicos, OEPA, ODNR or anyone for that mater. That is until George Wright ventured down to the creek on Sept 10th (4 days after the event) for some fishing only to find all the fish dead. He contacted the local fire department along with OEPA…
Another 85 pounds, 6 bags and a propane tank from Mud Run.
Therapeutic to watch these booms go from full of trash to clean!
