Summit Metro parks

Thank you Summit Metro Parks for choosing Opa Runs to spotlight! 🎉

Thank you Summit Metro Parks for choosing Opa Runs to spotlight! 🎉

I watch him put his heart and soul into this everyday and it’s nice to see people are taking notice. ♥️ James Carnahan Taken from Summit Metro Parks Facebook Page… Have you ever developed an interesting way to help keep our green spaces and waterways clean? Stephanie, a naturalist at Summit Lake Nature Center, shares…

Had the opportunity to share with Jetora and Stephanie who the Riverkeepers Ohio are, what we do and what our future holds.
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Had the opportunity to share with Jetora and Stephanie who the Riverkeepers Ohio are, what we do and what our future holds.

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…

2024 Year in review for Riverkeepers Ohio
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2024 Year in review for Riverkeepers Ohio

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…

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.

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!

Getting ready to put in a boom up on the canal off Summit Lake
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Getting ready to put in a boom up on the canal off Summit Lake

Canal Boom in place! 120 feet of trash catching magic deployed just south of Summit Lake that will help keep the lake cleaner. Thanks to Dave Stoler, Eric Fitch (thanks Pam for lending us your muscle) and Jerry Harris from Summit Metro Parks! (They help remove the trash we collect from some of our locations)….

OpaRuns and Dave Stoler flexing their muscles
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Had to pull out “the guns” for 253 pounds of trash this morning that made it downstream on Mud Run when our booms blew out from the flooding. (We repaired them yesterday).

We do have some fun and really appreciate the waves and words of encouragement from folks passing by. Tomorrow at 8 am, we will be on Summit Lake around the Nature Center adding secondary booms there. (Too much trash coming through the storm sewers on heavy rain events). A big Thank You to Summit Metro…