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“Part of the story is that we have to leave it as an old landfill.” Cleveland Metroparks Education Specialist Mark Warman recently told Fox8 News’ New Day Cleveland the story of the West Creek Reservation. It’s a story of the environment, civic engagement, and the future of water...
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Visitors from across the country toured six green-infrastructure pilot projects across Cleveland this week as part of the second annual Green Infrastructure Summit held at Cleveland State University. These sites featured a combination of small-scale demonstrations, green-infrastructure—components of Project Clean Lake to help reduce flow volumes in our combined-sewer...
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Image courtesy Cleveland Metroparks If you’re looking for a day trip during the holiday break, why not make a journey out of it? Water’s Extreme Journey is a traveling exhibit making a stop at Cleveland Metroparks Watershed Stewardship Center at West Creek through January 12, 2014. For a limited...
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The Ohio Parks and Recreation Association listed the Watershed Stewardship Center at West Creek among its recent 2013 Awards of Excellence winners. The facility itself was recognized with two awards and the Watershed Volunteer Program was also recognized. The Sewer District, along with the West Creek Conservancy and the...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd Our friends at the Rocky River Watershed Council shared this video today, something that does a nice job explaining how water flows over the surface of our land and why it matters. The points relate directly to our regional stormwater management program, too.
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