Greater Cleveland Wetland Tours 2009

As a follow-up to our September 2008 Urban Wetlands Symposium, Friends of Big Creek has scheduled tours of the five model projects highlighted in the symposium plus one potential restoration area and one high quality rural wetland.

Tours will be one hour long with representatives of the projects as guides. Beginning Thursday, August 27 through October 5.

Free and open to the public. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Signing of waivers may be required on some tours.

Tours will be held rain or shine; please dress for inclement weather.

All tours begin at 6:30 pm. Download flyer [pdf]


Thursday, August 27
Nine Mile Creek Stormwater Retrofit Project

Mayor Georgine Welo, Councilwoman Jane Goodman; City of South Euclid
Ivette Bolender, Biohabitats, Inc
Andrew K. Blackley, P.E., Stephen Hovancsek & Associates

Parking lot at 1980 South Green Road, 2 blocks north of Cedar Road in South Euclid, across from Notre Dame College soccer field. [Map]


Thursday, September 3
Valley Forge High School Courtyard Wetland

John Komar, Valley Forge High School
Jim Wohl, Project Coordinator

9999 Independence Boulevard off York Road in Parma Heights. [Map] Meet at front doors.


Thursday, September 10
Brooklyn “Oxbow” Area, potential wetland restoration sites
Regis Barrett, Brooklyn Zoning Board of Appeals
John Katko, Friends of Wetlands

Parking behind new Brooklyn Fire Station, 8400 Memphis Avenue, Brooklyn. [Map]


Monday, September 14
Tinkers Creek Headwaters high quality wetland & vernal pools
Mike McNutt, Cuyahoga County Board of Health
Neal Hess, Trust for Public Land

Hudson Aurora Road, 1 mile east of Stow Road, next to Summit-Portage County line in Hudson. Fact Sheet [pdf]


Tuesday, September 22
Cleveland Metroparks Vernal Pool Enhancement Project,
Brookside Reservation
Terry Robison, Cleveland Metroparks, Division of Natural Resources

Meadow-Ridge parking lot – Fulton Road and Park Drive, north of
Memphis Avenue. [Map]


Monday, September 28
Puritas Wetlands Project, wildlife enhancement in a stormwater retention basin
Melissa Miller, Bellaire-Puritas Development Corporation
Renee Boronka, Garrett Ormiston, Trish Mackeigan; Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Parking on Coe Avenue and West 145th Street, one block south of Puritas Avenue. [Map]


Monday, October 5
West Creek Reservation Created Wetland
David Lincheck, Colby Sattler, West Creek Preservation Committee

Entrance off Ridgewood Drive between Broadview and State Roads in Parma. [Map]
http://www.westcreek.org/wetlands.html


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