by Mill Creek Partnership | Feb 18, 2016 | Conservation News
In light of the recent Public Health issue regarding lead in drinking water, the Cuyahoga County Board of Health has released the following statement for the public water supplies within their jurisdiction. February 3, 2016 REGARDING THE PRESENCE OF LEAD IN PUBLIC...
by Mill Creek Partnership | Dec 22, 2015 | Mill Creek Partnership News
With its ball fields, swimming pool, and tennis courts, Kerruish Park in northeast Ohio is a recreational oasis in a landscape bordered by residential development and roadways. It also holds great potential as an ecological corridor, as it includes a densely forested...
by Mill Creek Partnership | Dec 22, 2015 | Mill Creek Partnership News
Happy Holidays! On behalf of the Partnership, West Creek Conservancy staff and all the volunteers of the Mill Creek Watershed Partnership, I want to extend our deepest appreciation for all that you do throughout the year to empower our work. Our collective support of...
by Mill Creek Partnership | Nov 3, 2015 | Mill Creek Partnership News
By James F. McCarty, The Plain Dealer on October 30, 2015 CLEVELAND, Ohio – Four years after launching a $3 billion project to capture and clean sewage before it flowed into Lake Erie and the Cuyahoga River, incremental progress is being measured in vital, but...
by Mill Creek Partnership | Sep 4, 2015 | Conservation News
In 2014, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District conducted water chemistry sampling, habitat assessments, electrofishing, and benthic macroinvertebrate sampling on Mill Creek, in Cleveland. The purpose of the study is to determine impacts from combined sewer...
by Mill Creek Partnership | Sep 4, 2015 | Conservation News
Three hundred and fifty trees will be planted along Mill Creek, a tributary to the Cuyahoga River, as a result of a $17,500 grant awarded to Western Reserve Land Conservancy by American Forests and the Alcoa Foundation. The tree planting will take place on October 21,...
by Mill Creek Partnership | Aug 10, 2015 | Conservation News
Additional Funding for the Highland Hills Golf Course We were successful in the joint application to the US Division of Forestry for a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant application in the amount of $97,400. The funding will fund a project area along the...
by Mill Creek Partnership | Aug 3, 2015 | Conservation News
Editor’s Note: this announcement was originally released by the Land and Water Conservation Fund on July 30, 2015. WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan agreement to permanently authorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund advanced today as the Senate Energy and...