Euclid Creek Watershed PIPE Program
2014 Event Series - PIPE Committee Work Plan (October Update)
Education Theme for 2014
Keep Your Yard Green and Our Waters Clean – Many homeowners strive for the idealized lush,
green lawn. However, this perfect lawn is often achieved at the expense of water quality. It doesn’t
have to be that way. Small changes in lawn care routines and landscaping practices can reduce
pollution in local streams and Lake Erie while maintaining healthy lawns.
Beachwood
Involvement / Education Event:
 Rain Gardens in Beachwood
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Middle School rain garden – working on event with science club to add plants and
remove phragmites in garden
Hillcrest Elementary school rain garden – severely deer browsed, so need to add grasses
and other plants that may have a chance (and possibly fencing)
Education:
 Beachwood Entrovation Event, Beachwood High School at Beachwood Community
Center – Friday, May 2 – noon-6:00pm
150 businesses and organizations and over 5,000 attendees – 3 FOEC volunteers made
contact with 90 attendees
Beachwood Service Department Open Houses, dates to add Chris?
o Chris Vild passed out watershed materials and 2015 Calendars at events and displayed
Beachwood Watershed Map.
Beachwood Streams Talk and Tour, October 16 & 19 – led by Dr. Roy Larick and Chris
Vild
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Cleveland
Involvement / Education Events:
 Wildwood Wetland Planting / Bioswale/Beach cleanup (Wildwood, Villa Angela,
Euclid Beach Parks) with Metroparks and Euclid Beach Adopt-a-Beach Team
o Saturday, May 17 - 24 volunteers planted 800 wetland plants and 12 cleaned up and
weeded bioswale.
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Thursday, May 22 - 10 staff and volunteers planted remaining 500 wetland plants.
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Euclid Creek Watershed PIPE Program
2014 Event Series - PIPE Committee Work Plan (October Update)
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Wildwood Park Fall Cleanup Day - Bioswale and Wetland Activity with Metroparks
and Euclid Beach Adopt-a-Beach Team – Saturday, September 20
o 24 volunteers weeded and cleaned up trash in the bioswale and collected Wingstem
seeds to disperse on a bank within the restoration project area.
Education:
 Sustainability Symposium - Cleve. Museum of Natural History – Saturday, February
1 – 9:00am-3:30pm – FOEC staffed Euclid Creek display at event – made 40 contacts
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Cleveland Metroparks Lakefront Reservation Public Open House
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Thur., March 6, Collinwood Recreation Center, 4:30-6:30pm – 50 attendees participated
This open house allowed people to visit six different topical tables (natural resources,
general information, programming, etc.) staffed by subject matter experts.
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World Water Day at Greater Cleveland Aquarium – Thursday, March 20 9am-1:30pm
with Drink Local Drink Tap (CLDT)
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Collinwood Painted Rain Barrel traveling show – Exhibit of 12 painted rain barrels at:
CMNH through March 30, Great Lakes Science Center through April 30
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EarthFest 2014 at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds – Sunday, April 13, FOEC
Euclid Creek display at event – made contact with 80 people
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Euclid Beach Adopt-A-Beach monthly beach cleanups (Wildwood Park-Euclid
Beach/Villa Angela) - organized by Stephen Love – monthly cleanups 3rd Sat. of
month usually
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Saturday, May 17 - 10am-noon – volunteers helped with Wildwood events (planting and
bioswale maintenance)
Saturday, September 20 – cleanup in collaboration with Stream/Wetland Cleanup &
Bioswale Maintenance Day - (Wildwood Park) with Metroparks
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2014 National Public Works & Safety Week Open House (NPWW) – Friday, May 23
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Lacustrine Wetland Tours
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Stop on Euclid Creek Watershed Tour as part of Ohio Stormwater conference – June 4
tour – 12 participants attended tour and learned about project
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Upstage Players Group Tour – July 3 tour - 17 middle and high school age students
participated
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Ohio Soil & Water Commission Tour stop – July 8 – 20 commission participants
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Ohio Watershed Leaders Conference Tour Stop – August 28 – 45 participants
Waterloo Arts Festival – June 28, 2014 – noon-7pm – missed registration, did not
participate.
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E. 185th Transportation for Livable Communities (TLCI) Project Core Committee –
asked to participate on Committee.
o Kickoff meeting held June 18 with 15 participants from Cleveland and Euclid.
o Steering committee meeting on September 18 before first public meetings in community,
30 participants.
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o 1 round of public meetings the last two weeks of September (4 meetings throughout
project area)
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Burning River Fest – July 25-26 – Collaborative Watershed Groups Table at event
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Volunteers made contact with hundreds of people; 4 signed up for Euclid Creek
information
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2014 Event Series - PIPE Committee Work Plan (October Update)
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Euclid Beach Blast – Saturday, August 2 – 4:30-8:30pm - Euclid Creek display at event
o Donating 1 rain barrel to Collinwood Painted Rain Barrel Project. Linda Zolten Wood will
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Great Lake Erie Boat Float – Saturday, September 6 – Edgewater Park –
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Phase 3 of Only Rain Down the Storm Drain Campaign initiated in 2014
Cleveland Stormwater Management Steering Committee
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Friends of Euclid Creek, Highland Heights Green Task Force, Mayfield High School
(Corey Rice and Christina Germovsek, Science Teachers and students Kent Liu and
Isaac Bykhovsky), Cuyahoga SWCD boat – SWCD donated the 4 barrels to make the
“Rain Barrel Express” boat. 80 people participated in morning’s activities despite rain.
Cleveland Water Pollution Control
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prep barrel for event for kids to paint, then rain barrel will be donated to Collinwood Arts
to display/use.
Volunteers talked with 40 people; 13 signed up for Euclid Creek information.
Serving on Steering Committee, ongoing meetings
Participated in meeting on 1/17
A Day in the Life of Euclid Creek event – October 4 – Wildwood Park, Euclid Creek
Reservation chemistry training and fish demonstration activities - details and photos under
Watershed-wide events section below
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Euclid Creek Watershed PIPE Program
2014 Event Series - PIPE Committee Work Plan (October Update)
Euclid
Involvement / Education Events:
 Rain Barrel Workshop & Sale – Saturday, May 10 – 10:00-11:30am - at Euclid
Historical Society – 41 people participated and left with 31 barrels to install at home.
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Rain Garden – potential Eagle Scout project to install rain garden at City Hall. Met
with Daniel Gail and Jeremiah Swetel 6/18 to discuss. In planning stages now – potential Fall
or Spring 2015 installation.
Education:
 Euclid Recycling/Repurposing Committee Meeting – Discussed Euclid Creek
Watershed at meeting – May 13 meeting, 6 attendees
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East Branch Dam Project – Stop on Euclid Creek Watershed Tour as part of Ohio
Stormwater conference – June 4 tour – 12 participants attended tour and learned about
project
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Recovering Euclid Streams – June 12 presentation by Dr. Roy Larick, 31 attendees
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Tours of Headwater Streams in Euclid – Dr. Roy Larick, Bluestone Heights, led walks
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Lilly Run / Arcadia Beach walk – June 15
Mt. Baldy / Euclid Creek East Branch – July 13
St. Clair Terrace / Burk Run walk – August 17
Burk Run / Hillandale walk – October 12
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2014 Event Series - PIPE Committee Work Plan (October Update)
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Redstone Run Eagle Scout Project, Richmond Heights – Michael Huber with Euclid Boy
Scout Troop 367 installed four monarch waystations at site, 2 with deer exclosures this –
installed the 4, 100sf gardens in August, several pre-meetings ahead of planting. Photos
under Richmond Heights activity.
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Euclid Wind Festival – Saturday, June 14 - no formal participation this year
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E. 185th Transportation for Livable Communities (TLCI) Project Core Committee –
asked to participate on Committee. Kickoff meeting held June 18 with 15 participants from
Cleveland and Euclid.
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Shore Cultural Center Green Infrastructure Project Signage – developed educational
signage for site in summer, signage fabricated in September 2014
o Utilized new and improved Chagrin River Watershed Partners GI graphics
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A Day in the Life of Euclid Creek event – October 4 – Highland Picnic Area, Euclid
Creek Reservation macroinvertebrate monitoring activity - details and photos under
Watershed-wide events section below
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Euclid Creek Watershed PIPE Program
2014 Event Series - PIPE Committee Work Plan (October Update)
Highland Heights
Involvement / Education Events:
 Planting at Bishop Road site – Saturday, October 11, 9:00am-1:00pm
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48 volunteers planted 430 native plants to restore deer browsed understory.
Volunteers: residents from neighborhood, Mayfield Heights Girl Scouts (top left photo
below), Mayfield High School National Honors Society students, Friends of Euclid Creek
members, and City of Highland Heights, Holden Arboretum and Hollywood Scapes staff
helped out
Team Leaders: Chris Vild (bottom photo) and Joe Phillips
Partners: West Creek Conservancy, FOEC, CSWCD
Education:
 Philips Earth Day Event – no formal participation this year
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Highland Heights Community Day – Saturday, July 26 at Community Park - no formal
participation this year
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Assisted 1 resident with backyard flooding complaint (May 5 site visit with City Engineer
and Building Commissioner)
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Assisted with stream assessment in Bishop Rd. / Wilson Mills area due to residents
flooding concerns due to proposed parking lot expansion next to headwater tributary
(July 17 stream walk with SWCD Staff and City Engineer; follow up letter provided to City with
recommendations on August 1)
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Euclid Creek Watershed PIPE Program
2014 Event Series - PIPE Committee Work Plan (October Update)
Lyndhurst
Involvement / Education Event:
 Rain Barrel Workshop at Acacia Reservation – Saturday, March 22
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35 people attended and made 30 barrels to take home and install
Hawken School Storm Drain Stenciling – June 2
o 27 participants stenciled 97 storm drains near Hawken campus in Lyndhurst and passed
out 250 educational flyers to residents.
Education:
 St. Clare School Program – Wednesday, January 15 – Watershed model /
presentation to 23, 7th grade students
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School monitoring on Euclid Creek – will share data for Volunteer Monitoring Program
use
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Euclid Creek Watershed PIPE Program
2014 Event Series - PIPE Committee Work Plan (October Update)
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Cleveland Metroparks Acacia Reservation Ecological Restoration Plan Public
Meeting – Tue., February 25, Lyndhurst Community Center, 6:30-7:30pm - 50
attendees - Cleveland Metroparks presented on the status of the ecological restoration plan.
Plan completed in May.
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Lyndhurst Home Days – September 5-7 at Lyndhurst Park (behind City Hall) - no
formal participation this year
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A Day in the Life of Euclid Creek event – October 4 – Acacia monitoring activity - details
and photos under Watershed-wide events section below
Mayfield Heights
Involvement / Education Events:
 Green Cleaning Workshop for Inside and Out Workshop – October 1 workshop at
Community Center
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32 people participated including 6 Mayfield Heights Girl Scouts from Troop 70075.
Education:
 Rockwell Automation Earth Day Fest, Mayfield Heights Office – April 30 – Euclid
Creek Table at event – made 30 contacts at event
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Rockwell had Ohio Prairie Nursery out to survey/inventory wooded area vegetation on
May 24, 2012; company planning a 2-acre native wildflower meadow planting to
replace turf grass for 2014/15
Walk through of campus to provide recommendations for greening property (e.g. not
mowing to edge of Stormwater ponds, etc.), 6/26, 5 participants.
Mayfield Heights Community Unity Days – August 8, 9, 10, City Park - no formal
participation this year
Mayfield Village
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Involvement / Education Events:
Green Cleaning Workshop for Inside and Out Workshop – Wednesday, May 28 – 9
participants learned about green lawn care and indoor cleaning products that are
natural.
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Education:
 Pancake Breakfast community event – Sunday, May 11 – morning - Susan Jerome
had a table and provided Euclid Creek information to display
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Foster’s Run: A Daylighting Success Story – Tuesday, September 9, 6-7:30pm –
organized by Watershed Stewardship Program
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First time storm damage since project installed in 2008 on August 12, 2014 – 4” rain in 1
hour – blew out project in several reaches
Richmond Heights
Involvement / Education Event:
 Rain Barrel Workshop & Compost Seminar – Tuesday, July 15, Greenwood Farm –
6:30pm – 39 people participated in compost seminar and put together 16 rain barrels to take
home and install
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Euclid Creek Watershed PIPE Program
2014 Event Series - PIPE Committee Work Plan (October Update)
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Redstone Run Eagle Scout Project – Michael Huber with Euclid Boy Scout Troop 367
installed four monarch waystations at site, 2 with deer exclosures this – installed the 4, 100sf
gardens in August, several pre-meetings ahead of planting.
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Streamside Tree Planting Project in Richmond Heights – Cuyahoga RAP or City took
down several of the tree protection tubes.
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Stream Cleanup – Judy Dearden mentioned buildup of trash on Claribel Creek on
bank of post office
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2015 cleanup activity with Richmond Heights High School?
Education:
 Richmond Heights Garden Club – Thursday, March 20 – 1:00-3:00pm - presentation
on Redstone Run project and Watershed – 26 attendees
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FOEC meeting / Redstone Run Hike and Tour - Tuesday, May 6 –– 6:30-8:30pm –
43 attendees hike led by Chris Vild, Barb Holtz, Roy Larick and Claire Posius
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Euclid Creek Watershed PIPE Program
2014 Event Series - PIPE Committee Work Plan (October Update)
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Greenwood Farm Tour - Ohio Soil & Water Commission Tour stop – July 8 – 20
commission participants
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FOEC/HHGTF meeting / Greenwood Farm Tour – Wednesday, August 6 –– 6:308:30pm - Joint program between FOEC and Highland Heights Green Task Force.
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89 people attended joint social and presentation about site by Claire Posius and Roy
Larick.
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Euclid Creek Watershed PIPE Program
2014 Event Series - PIPE Committee Work Plan (October Update)
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Greenwood Farm's Annual Fall Fun Fest - September 20 – 1:00pm-5:00pm
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FOEC watershed educational booth at event this year and led tours to stream – made 60
contacts at event and Frank Skala, FOEC and Cleveland Hiking Club, led hike into gorge.
County Airport Environmental Assessment (EA) Process 2013/14 initiative
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Draft Environmental Assessment complete and available for review starting October 19
Wed., November 19, 4:00-7:00pm – Public Hearing regarding draft EA issuance – at 700
BETA Banquet and Conference Center, 700 Beta Drive, 44143.
South Euclid
Involvement / Education Event:
 Rain Barrel Workshop – at Community Center – September 11
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11 participants put together 8 rain barrels to take home and install at workshop
Education:
 Nine Mile Wetland Tour – Stop on Euclid Creek Watershed Tour as part of Ohio
Stormwater conference – June 4th tour – 12 participants attended tour and learned about
project
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Euclid Creek Watershed PIPE Program
2014 Event Series - PIPE Committee Work Plan (October Update)
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Greenfield Community Garden – on Mayfield near Green Road intersection
o In June 2014, project transformed sidewalk into raised garden beds with storage
shed and rain barrels to collect rianwater to water the plants.
o Partners: Heights-Hillcrest Regional Chamber of Commerce, Notre Dame
College and University Suburban Health Center
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AFTER PHOTO
South Euclid Harvest Fest – Saturday, September 6, 11am-3pm
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FOEC Euclid Creek Display table at event – made 30 contacts at event
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Watershed-wide Events / Initiatives:
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Snapshot of Euclid Creek Day – Saturday, October 4 – ~8:00am-1:30pm
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60 people participated in taking snapshot of the creek’s health with stops at Acacia
Reservation (chemistry monitoring), Highland Picnic Area - Euclid Creek Reservation
(ECR) (macroinvertebrate) and Wildwood Park-ECR (chemistry and fish) focusing on
different aspects of monitoring at each park.
Volunteers: a big group of students from the Mayfield High School National Honors
Society participated, FOEC Volunteer Monitors, Tri-C East, Euclid High School,
residents, and Watershed Volunteer Program participants came out for portions of, or all
of the day.
Event Organizers: led by Cleveland Metroparks in partnership with Euclid Creek
Watershed Program partners, NEORSD, Sierra Club Water Sentinels Program, Euclid
Creek Volunteer Monitoring Program.
Kickoff planning meeting held on 6/25 to discuss, 9 attendees and planning meeting held
9/15, 8 attendees; wrap up meeting 9/20 to discuss program successes/challenges.
Cuyahoga River Remedial Action Plan – Restoration Project Green Infrastructure
Tour – Wednesday, November 19 – 8:30am-12:30pm
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South Euclid sites: Oakwood Commons, Nine Mile Wetland, & South Euclid Municipal
Parking Lot
Cleveland site: Waterloo Bioretention
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All Watershed Education:
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2015 Healthy Lawn Care Calendar for Homeowners - Education/Outreach –
NEOPIPE Committee working on this and was delivered with quarterly materials to
all watershed council communities in August
Community Specific Watershed Map – will update maps from fact sheets, and print
and laminate and post on posterboard if community wants – fall deliverable
National Wildlife Federation Habitat Stewards Training
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March 31, April 2, 5, 7, 9, 12—For questions and registration, contact Amy Roskilly
at 216-524-6580x22 or for detailed flyer here:
http://cuyahogaswcd.org/PDFs/2013—NWF Habitat Stewards flyer.pdf
Watershed Recruitment Night – June 17 – presentations from watershed groups to
Watershed Stewardship Center Volunteer Program volunteers, 43 participants
Euclid Creek Watershed Program Meetings:
Euclid Creek Watershed Council Meetings (3/year)
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March 13 - Hosted by City of Beachwood (16 attendees)
July 10 – Hosted by City of Lyndhurst at Acacia Reservation (11 attendees)
October 23 – Hosted by City of Highland Heights
PIPE Committee Meetings (2/year)
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March 7 - Hosted by City of Euclid – tour of Sims Park pier / Lakefront Plan discussion (11
attendees)
July update – will email committee PIPE Work Plan update
October 17 – Hosted by Mayfield Village – tour of restoration project
Technical Committee Meetings (scheduled as needed)
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Fall Meeting to discuss new Stormwater Management Plan TMDL requirements
Euclid Creek Volunteer Monitoring Program Committee Meeting
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Spring Committee Meeting to assess program status
Training held on May 30 with new volunteers Annie Roberto and Jerrod Fair
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Training as part of A Day in the Life of Euclid Creek on October 4
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Euclid Creek Watershed PIPE Program
2014 Event Series - PIPE Committee Work Plan (October Update)
Friends of Euclid Creek General Meeting and/or Board Meetings (monthly)
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Watershed Coordinator project and event update at monthly meetings - Participated in
meetings: 1/15, 2/4, 2/10, 2/19, 3/4, 3/19, 4/1, 5/6, 6/3, 7/1, 8/6, 9/2, 10/7, 11/3, 12/2
Quarterly Storm Water Articles to Watershed Communities:
Four articles related to educational theme annually
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 1 Quarterly Article - ReImagining Your Lawn – distributed on 5/13
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 2 Quarterly Article – Correct Fertilizer Application – distributed on 7/24
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 3 Quarterly Article – Yard Waste Polluting our Waterways – distributed on 10/15
Annual Education Poster:
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Upcoming in Fall/Winter deliverable
Euclid Creek Newsletters:
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Issued Spring Newsletter (emailed to distribution list of 1,576; mailed to 312 Watershed
Council and Friends of Euclid Creek contacts) - April 10
Issued Summer Newsletter (emailed to distribution list of 1,673; mailed to 312 Watershed
Council and Friends of Euclid Creek contacts) - August 18
December – upcoming Winter Newsletter
Targeted Mailing:
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Annual mailing will be sent to 10% of Watershed Community's households in Winter
Broadcast Emails to Euclid Creek Distribution list:
 April 10, May 15, July 3, July 24, August 18, September 18, monthly eblasts
Facebook page for Friends of Euclid Creek
 Provide weekly and sometimes daily updates on events/conferences, interesting water
related articles/news/facts, and partners’ related events.
Volunteer Hours dedicated to program to date: 1,509 hours!
Work Plan approved by PIPE Committee at March 7 meeting in Euclid.
Shaded Items: Events that occurred since last PIPE update report
Black Text: Events Past
Red: Events Upcoming
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