Dave and I went for a walk around Summit Lake this morning to discuss the past year and some plans for next year as it relates to RiverKeepers Ohio and this pair of Bald Eagles joined our discussion to add a little motivation to our efforts.
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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…
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.)
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.
First rain in weeks yesterday and the results on two of the booms on the east side of Summit Lake…
36 pounds of bottles, cans, bags, styrofoam to name a few, all from storm sewers.
Canal boom before and after this morning
Another 51 pounds and a couple bags of trash. If you have any questions on the subject, feel free to message me here.