2013 Conference Funders, Partners and Sponsors
$25,000 Level
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District$20,000 Level
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Fresh Water Sciences$10,000 Level
The Brookby Foundation$5,000 Level
The Fund for Lake Michigan$2,500 Level
Ducks Unlimited$500 Level
Gathering Waters Conservancy
Natural Resource Technology$250 Level
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative
The John G. Shedd Aquarium
Restoration to Control Stormwater in Cleveland Neighborhood
Rain gardens, wetlands, and stream riparian restoration are all being created in Cleveland’s West Creek watershed thanks to funding from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
Take a look at restoration sites along tributaries of the Cuyahoga River.
Where storm water now runs out of control, restoration projects will help dampen the blow to protect West Creek from extreme flows, recharge groundwater, and reduce sediment flows into the Cuyahoga and Lake Erie.
The passage of the Clean Water Act 40 years ago was due in no small part to the burning of the polluted Cuyahoga River–and although there is still much work to be done, we’ve come a long way since those days.
Today, we had a special opportunity to explore a multi-faceted stormwater reduction, watershed restoration and public awareness project in a tributary to one of our country’s most notorious rivers.
Stormwater Stewardship Initiative Stop 1:
Klusner Street Rain Gardens
Touring the site of future rain gardens in a residential community on Klusner Street in Parma, OH. This triangular parcel will be transformed into a large rain garden, directly adjacent to where heavy stormwater flows into the headwaters of West Creek.
A meter has been installed in the sewer to provide data on water flow from the area in which the rain gardens are being installed.
Stormwater Stewardship Initiative Stop 2:
Watershed Stewardship Center
An overview of the West Creek Reservation construction site, which will include a new Watershed Stewardship Center with a green roof, rain garden and cisterns, as well as a and wetland demonstration areas.
Will the Presidential Candidates step up to be watershed stewards for the Great Lakes?
President Obama and Governor Romney — are you watershed stewards for the Great Lakes?
Stormwater Stewardship Initiative Stop 3:
West Creek Confluence Restoration
Future site of stream and riparian restoration at the confluence of West Creek and the Cuyahoga River.
Restoration projects like these are the kind of collaborative work funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative that is essential to the health of our Great Lakes and our communities.