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 |
Mayor Georgine Welo, Councilwoman Jane Goodman; City of South Euclid 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 |
John Komar, Valley Forge High School 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 |
| 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] |