Wolf Creek in Norton today.
Bag of trash and passed the grasses on down stream. Ready for the rain! Using that rake you gifted Julie Ann Sweet-Buntin!
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Mud Run… Riverkeepers Ohio first boom location
This stretch collects a lot of trash before it gets lost in Tuscarawas, however, the water quality seems to be degrading since last year this time. We are working with agencies to figure this out and turn it back around.
Riverkeepers latest video on their new YouTube channel @riverkeepersohio.
This big mess of trash is located in Mud Run across from the old Pops Chicken restaurant on Waterloo Rd, just before you cross the tracks towards the old Reiter daily and Wooster Rd. If you are a YouTube watcher, please subscribe to our new channel @riverkeepersohio for more videos that aren’t posted on Opa’s…
See the difference?
Couple weeks ago Riverkeepers Ohio noticed the odd color to the bottom in the canal near a cleanup spot. Odd enough to notify the OEPA. Long story short, there was a contamination (did not affect the ecosystem according to the investigator) and today the issue has been corrected and cleaned up. The system, though imperfect,…
The afternoon of November 3, 2024, my wife and I strolled along Lake Anna as we often do. We immediately noticed an algal bloom on the water. This is about the same time as the bloom occurred last year.
I took photos and reported it to the OEPA per protocol. Took them a bit to get back to me with the response that the lake is private and will not take action but provided me with another link to report through another agency and I did that. Have not heard anything to the time…
The canal boom just south of Summit Lake.
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…
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…
