keeping the waterways clean
Met Bob along the east side of Summit Lake today and collected about 55 pounds of trash from the booms on that side following yesterday’s rain.
Will hit the west side tomorrow along with Mud Run and Wolf Creek! Thanks Summit Metro Parks for picking up my bags!
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!
Site of our next boom!
Summit Lake, Kenmore side. 72” outfall that has been dumping storm sewer trash directly into the lake for decades. This STOPS next week! Thank you to the City of Akron, the Ohio & Erie Canal Way, South Street Ministries, Ward 9 Councilperson – Tina Boyes, Summit Metro Parks and all the people that support and…
New boom deployed in Norton on Wolf Creek!
This is a 5 minute video showing the process of building and installing a boom. We anticipate a pretty good volume of trash collected here and very grateful to Julie Miller and her husband for giving access to this location and the City of Norton who will be picking up our collected trash!
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.
An absorption boom was noticed by Dave Stoler at the storm sewer outfall on the Tuscarawas river below the Wolf Creek trailhead.
He did not notice any substance in the water. Out of caution and past experiences especially in this location, we reported to OEPA and received a quick reply. Turns out, last week a Kimball truck had a hydraulic line issue and spilled a couple gallons of fluid on the ground upstream of this location. There…
We spent the morning running through the booms with Chris of South Street Ministries and collecting 9 bags of trash and a TV at 143 pounds.
They will be assisting with cleaning out the booms going forward. Today was “training” with Chris so he can train his crews. Dave was here too but had to leave before pictures were taken!
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.