Picking it up here is so much easier that trying to get it from all over the lake. Thank you again to all that assist with our efforts to keep the trash out of this waterway! Summit Metro Parks, Ohio Erie Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition, South Street Ministries and all the #riverkeepersohio folks.
Bags are the largest consumable for #riverkeepersohio. I was just about to make an order when an email came saying there were donations ready for pickup! Perfect timing!!
One of our future doing his part to keep our waterways clean of trash. He was part of a group #RiverKeepersOhio did an event for through Summit Metro Parks earlier in the year. They learned how the trash from the streets miles away ends up in his lake through storm sewers. They built and installed…
Today’s video is cruising around the lake picking up that trash! The system works! Thanks again to Summit Metro Parks for picking up the trash on the east side and Ohio Erie Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition for grabbing the trash on the west side! Oh, and Thank You to whomever cleaned up some of…
First on a property owned by Garland, supported by Let’s Grow Akron and the Black Hawk Foundation. Decades of trash unmitigated from storm sewers dumped into a wetland, until today! The next two are on the south side of Summit Lake that was recently cleaned up by a group of volunteers through Ward 9 Councilperson…
This is our spoils from the south east side. Still more to do at this location but our booms will prevent much more from coming in as we keep cleaning. The crew here: Jennifer, Eric, Brad and Opa. Thanks for sharing your Saturday morning! Thanks to Tina, Julie Ann, Chris, Molly, Lilly, Sean, Crystal, Let’s…
Oh!, it’s just Opa Runs coming up with another invention! 🤣. Shown here, he is building a ‘barge’ out of styrofoam for his trash pick up! It’s first use will be at the Summit Lake Cleanup this Saturday, May 10th at the Southside of Summit Lake ! It will be interesting to see how it…
Can’t get in the water now but can check how booms are working! We did get 20 pounds out of the Nature Club’s boom that the kids built and installed last week outside the Nature Center. The new RiverKeepers Ohio members! Great Job! Thanks Thanks Summit Metro Parks!
About 30 pounds that helped the total for the weekend of about 300 pounds. It is warming up, life is waking up and we are busy. I met Kaylie and Jenna at Summit Lake Sunday, shown at the end of the video, they are doing much like #riverkeepersohio with taking it upon themselves to make…
