With Earth Day and Arbor Day celebrations of last week fresh in our minds, there is much we can do around our own yard to help the environment and our local water quality - like planting native plants, and reducing our use of fertilizers, insecticides and herbicides. But those of us who live on a stream have a... read more
Friends of Euclid Creek held our first big fundraiser on Friday, April 24 at Acacia Reservation in Lyndhurst. 93 generous Friends of Euclid Creek supporters enjoyed a great evening and raised nearly $2,500 to support education and outreach and to add to the Land Conservation Fund to protect sensitive land in the watershed! What a great evening we had... read more
The spring thaw has occurred and the 2015 sampling season is ramping up. While we will be doing our traditional water quality sampling throughout the Rocky River watershed, we will also be doing additional streambank erosion assessments in the Baldwin Creek watershed. Baldwin Creek is a tributary to the East Branch of the Rocky River that has been... read more
The snow has melted, the spring flowers are blooming and the tree buds are beginning to pop. After a long Cleveland winter, it is marvelous to witness the greening of our surroundings. Unfortunately, spring’s beauty is marred by the wind-blown, carelessly discarded or criminally-dumped litter and debris that seems to be ubiquitous. Unbelievable quantities of paper, plastic, debris... read more
2014 proved to be another rewarding and exceptional year for the Euclid Creek Watershed Program. We partnered with West Creek Conservancy and Friends of Euclid Creek and protected a 12-acre site with sensitive wetland and stream habitat in Highland Heights with Clean Ohio funding. Other highlights include: A Euclid Eagle Scout candidate installed 4 monarch way station gardens at... read more