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Well, well, what do we have here?
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…

Sunday Funday!
Thank you Stephanie for the gift card and thank you mystery person for the new chest waders and two boxes of always needed trash bags! During the last video I found that my waders were starting to leak and this came in at a perfect time. As you can see in the pictures, there’s lots…

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…

Riverkeepers Ohio has gone International!
Michaela, my Cousin here from Germany, spent some time this weekend checking and cleaning booms. 3 bags of trash and another 60 pounds or should it be 27.22 kilograms, out of the waterways!

Two minutes is all it takes to clear a boom with 15 bags of trash?
This is from Wednesday with Jennifer, Eric, Dave and myself.

Beautiful Sunday morning walk along the towpath and around Summit Lake enjoying this nice weather checking booms.
We are starting to see some visible fruits of our labors with the booms.