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Backyard Buffers for Your Property in the Rocky River Watershed!

Posted on 02/17/21 by Meg in Educational Outreach

Well winter storm Uri certainly has hit our country hard this week, and more snow and rain are predicted to be on the way. Large storms like these are results of climate change, which causes severe storms to occur more and more frequently. The good news is that with proper preparation and planning our cities and neighborhoods can... read more

When it Snows it Pours: How Snow Accumulation Equates to Runoff.

Posted on 02/16/21 by Brent in Storm Water Services

In Northeast Ohio construction activity does not stop just because a few snowflakes are coming down. Projects have deadlines and extreme weather is just another logistical bump along the road to completion. As such, all typical erosion and sediment controls associated with the stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWP3) need to be managed without interruption. Often times the weekly... read more

George Washington Carver - From Slave to Scientist

Posted on 02/02/21 by Colleen in Educational Outreach

George Washington Carver (Image credit: The State Historical Society of Missouri- Historic Missourians)

George Washington Carver was born into slavery around 1861 on the plantation of Moses Carver in Missouri. What can be said about the man who would later become one of the renowned scientists of the twentieth century? George’s mother, Mary, also had other children, a son and a daughter. During a raid of the Carver’s farm, George, his mother... read more

Love It, Don't Trash It

Posted on 01/26/21 by Elizabeth in Educational Outreach

Picking up litter is safe and fun with basic PPE, a smart phone and the Litterati app!

This February help us Love Lake Erie by picking up litter with us! If we each pick up a few pieces we will easily surpass our challenge goal to remove at least 500 pieces of litter from the county watersheds. American Rivers sponsors all of our cleanups and they have introduced us to an App called Litterati. If you... read more

Put the food back in the forest

Posted on 01/19/21 by Jakob in Urban Agriculture

Example of a site layout on a typical urban lot.

If you look at the manicured parks and trees lining the streets around your city, you may notice that these trees are not typically fruit bearing. While we have addressed some of the reasons this is the case in this article about allergies, there is a recently growing movement to plant trees and plants that bear fruit in... read more

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