About 30 pounds that helped the total for the weekend of about 300 pounds. It is warming up, life is waking up and we are busy. I met Kaylie and Jenna at Summit Lake Sunday, shown at the end of the video, they are doing much like #riverkeepersohio with taking it upon themselves to make…
This one is at the bottom of Trail Ave. Managed 4 bags at about 85 pounds. Thanks Ohio Erie Canalway Coalition and Summit Metro Parks for picking up our trash! Best part of the day, meeting and talking with people out enjoying the trail!
Thanks for the sign from Julie Miller Derek! toward the middle of the short video. Summit Lake ice has gone so look for #riverkeepersohio out there again deploying new booms and maintaining all. Watch for the video tomorrow sharing the story of the lost phone from last week!!
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!
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…
2 bags, 67 pounds not going into the lake. Sooo…there was so much microplastics here. I had to shake it out of the organics and scoop it with my hands. Sadly, two geese had perished some time earlier in the week and floated down to the boom. They were removed and reported to ODNR. Weather…
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…
Will hit the west side tomorrow along with Mud Run and Wolf Creek! Thanks Summit Metro Parks for picking up my bags!