1 year ago today, Riverkeepers Ohio installed the very first trash boom on Mud Run Creek.
Hard to believe how far we have come in such a very short time. Thank You ALL that have supported our efforts!
Mud Run
Riverkeepers latest video on their new YouTube channel @riverkeepersohio.
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…
Boom damage from a limb.
Ice to contend with here at Mud Run. Busted my butt on the way to the Canal boom (no video). 61 pounds. The flu had held me down the past week.
Coldest January I can remember.
Made a round of the booms today. Pulled some trash from Mud Run and the canal boom just over 90 pounds. All the others are still locked in ice including Wolf Creek. That should break out tomorrow or Friday and we will try to get that one reset. Construction crews by the highway north of…
Above freezing day on Mud Run and managed to pull 65 pounds from the water.
In the video you see me using the most common tools for cleaning out booms. It took about 35 min in real time in part because of the snow and ice. I also made a trip to the Canal Boom just south of Summit Lake. That video will come tomorrow. You can see the oil…
People often ask what Riverkeepers Ohio does over the winter…
…this is one of the things we do, clean our trash booms at Mud Run. 2.5 bags of trash, Chair, 5 Gallon bucket of something for close to 100 pounds. (Listen to the video for more details.)
2024 Year in review for Riverkeepers Ohio
From designing our trash boom, getting it approved by ODNR at the beginning of the year, to coordinating with Summit Metro Parks, City of Akron, City of Norton; working with property owners for access, South Street Ministries and Ohio Erie Canalway Coalition, who help pull out some of the trash collected in the booms. Our…
Sunday rains lead to some boom clean outs
About 100 pounds, at Summit Lake, Canal, Mud Run, Wolf Creek and wrapped up today with a new boom at Summit Lake! Bring on the Rain!
Moved the booms at Mud Run
Because moving water is ever changing, we need to adjust. Dave and I were talking after the move how full of trash this area was last year when we started this. Now, we almost always see fish and wildlife here. Does make us feel good.