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Keep Painesville Beautiful! ♻️💧 Thank you Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District (Ohio)
Yesterday, Northeast Ohio Master Rain Gardener volunteers installed a new 500sqft rain garden at Eastlake City Hall. Approximately 25,000 gallons of stormwater will be captured and treated every year by this rain garden, which will help keep the Chagrin River and Lake Erie clean. Special thanks to Lake County, OH: Stormwater Management Department, City of Eastlake, Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District (Ohio), and Parks Tree Service for helping to make this rain garden possible!
There have been two sightings of spotted lanternflies in eastern Cuyahoga County. This invasive insect is capable of decimating orchards, vineyards and sugarbushes, since grapes, fruit trees and maples are some of their preferred trees to feed on.
If you find a spotted lanternfly in any of its life stages, kill first, then report it. They don't sting or bite, nor are they poisonous, so you can squish without fear. Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District (Ohio)
Thanks to Biohabitats for bringing environmental nonprofits together for a great conversation. We are excited to bring all the great insights and ideas that were shared into our partnerships for healthy streams and Lake Erie!
Big Creek Connects, Bluestone Heights, Cuyahoga River Restoration, Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District, Doan Brook Watershed Partnership, Euclid Creek Watershed Program, Erie Soil and Water Conservation District, Friends of Old Woman Creek, Friends of the Crooked River, Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District (Ohio), Mill Creek Watershed Partnership, Rocky River Watershed Council, Tinker's Creek Watershed Partners, Ohio Nature Conservancy, West Creek Conservancy, Institute for Conservation Leadership
🌳 Want to fill your backyard habitat with native plants? 🌳
Check out the Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District (Ohio) 2021 Plant Native Sale! With 31 species to choose from there is bound to be a tree, shrub or perennial that would be perfect for your yard, hedgerow or forest!
To download species descriptions and an order form visit
https://www.lakecountyohio.gov/swcd/Tree-Sale. Deadline is March 19!
Check out another story from NOWCorps Member Caitlin!
"Another project I have been involved in is the Springbrook stream restoration in Mentor. The stream restoration began about 3 years ago and is nearly completed. I have been able to visit the construction site and see how they have transformed a narrow ditch to a meandering stream with pocket wetlands, and I learned a lot about stream restoration practices and techniques. I assisted the Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District (Ohio) team with surveying elevations along the stream bed to ensure the project was on track and everything was in accordance with the design. Seeing the project near its completion made me appreciate the huge benefit conservation groups like LSWCD can be for the Lake Erie watershed and ecosystems. I am thankful I got to be involved in this project even in a small way."
#AmeriCorps, #ServeOhio, #NOWCorps, #GetThingsDone
Time for another NOWCorps Member Spotlight! Meet Caitlin:
"My name is Caitlin Ormsby and I am a NOWCorps member serving as a Resource Protection Technician at Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District (Ohio). Serving at LSWCD has been an incredibly fulfilling and educational experience. I have been able to gain experience while earning my degree in natural resource conservation. I have gained experience working in the field, in the lab, with volunteers and the members of the public, and with GIS software—just to name a few! Every day I am working on different projects and learning new things. I am extremely grateful to participate in the NOWCorps program and I am very proud to be an AmeriCorps member. I am so glad that I joined the program and I look forward to what the rest of my service year will bring!"
#AmeriCorps, #ServeOhio, #NOWCorps, #GetThingsDone, #MadeInAmeriCorps
With most landscaping services deemed non essential this means non professionals will be applying lawn and garden chemicals. This is potentially a problem especially if they are over applied. Can you please provide guidance that can be shared, on proper application and also information showing the benefits of allowing a lawn and garden to go natural with native plants and longer grass, no mulch etc.
For those that want to cheat and look ahead to all thirty of LEAP's Native Plants of the Year, follow the link. 😁 You'll also learn about how #OhioNativePlantMonth came to be! #NativePlants Watch this page daily to learn more about each native species.
Huge THANK YOU to LEAP's member organizations and agencies that have been supporting its mission for over 10 years:
Big Creek Connects
Bluestone Heights
Chagrin River Watershed Partners, Inc.
City of Akron, Water Supply Bureau
City of Avon Lake
City of Cleveland–Mayor’s Office of Sustainability
City of Mentor
City of Solon
Cleveland Metroparks
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Cleveland Pollinator and Native Plant Symposium
Cuyahoga County Board of Health
Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District
Preservation Parks of Delaware County
Doan Brook Watershed Partnership
East Cleveland Parks Association
Friends of the Crooked River
Geauga Park District
GreenCityBlueLake Institute
Hiram College, James H. Barrow Biological Field Station
Holden Forests & Gardens
Izaak Walton League - Headwaters Chapter
Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District (Ohio)
Lake Metroparks
Lakeland Community College
Lorain County Metro Parks
Medina County Park District
Mill Creek Watershed Partnership
Nature Center at Shaker Lakes
Ohio Nature Conservancy
Ohio Division of Natural Areas and Preserves
Ohio Division of Wildlife
Ohio Invasive Plants Council
Ohio Wetlands Association
Pennsylvania Sea Grant
The Pollinator Partnership
Portage Park District
Presque Isle State Park
Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens
Stark Parks
Summit Metro Parks
Tinker's Creek Watershed Partners
The Trust for Public Land
University of Pittsburgh, Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
USDA/APHIS - Wildlife Services
West Creek Conservancy
Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society
Western New York Land Conservancy
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Western Reserve Land Conservancy
Wilderness Center
https://www.leapbio.org/native-plants
Did you know that the Chagrin River watershed is home to four different counties? Did you also know that each county has a Soil and Water Conservation District which holds an annual tree sale? It may be winter, but now is a great time to start thinking about what to plant in the Spring!
Check out the information from our partners to order your trees:
Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District -
https://www.cuyahogaswcd.org/blog/2020/01/13/inaugural-cuyahoga-swcd-tree-sale
Geauga Soil & Water Conservation District -http://geaugaswcd.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/2020TreeSaleOrder.185626.pdf
Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District (Ohio) -
https://www.lakecountyohio.gov/swcd/Tree-Sale
Portage County Soil & Water Conservation District -
http://www.portageswcd.org/tree-sale
Pictured: Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum), CRWP
We got to visit the rain garden of one of Northeast Ohio's first Master Rain Gardeners today! Al Barnes did an amazing job with his garden as you can see from these pictures. He received his shirt and sign and can now boast about his Master Rain Gardener status 😊 His wife was also very impressed. During our visit, she said “I couldn’t be happier with the results. The rain garden fixed a big problem in our yard, and it looks beautiful too!” Great job, Al!
The Master Rain Gardener program is supported by Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District (Ohio), Lake Metroparks, Holden Forests & Gardens, Lake County, OH: Stormwater Management Department , Cleveland Foundation, and Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District. For more information about the program, visit crwp.org/index.php/projects/mrg
I am looking to purchase elderberry plants. Do you have them?