Thank you Jennifer Parker Zylkor for the pic sticks and rope from our Amazon wish list! We are planning a small kids event in April with Summit Metro Parks at the Nature Center. We plan on building a couple trash booms to deploy there on Summit lake and to pick up some trash!
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…
It has been over a year long journey since the day I watched him leave for his favorite fishing spot one July morning, to receiving a panic call and texts with pictures of an oil covered fishing line, black oily water and wildlife covered in oil. He discovered and reported a major oil spill in…
Just a little dialogue for the first part of the video and then some details on what is happening at this and some other trash booms. 1 bag about 25 pounds.
…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.)
One takeaway from this was meeting some of the dedicated people serving here at the Nature Center (formerly the pump house) on Summit Lake. Another was touring the building and seeing what they have turned the structure into. It now has the pulse and heartbeat of the nature and community that surrounds them. You need…
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…
Wolf Creek boom in Norton broke away, a result of high water. Booms are designed to do just this so as not to cause flooding issues. We will get it reattached when the water comes down and it is safe.
49 pounds of trash in 4 bags isn’t too bad for a 40 degree day in winter and this view was my reward!