A public meeting was held on September 24, 2015 at the Cuyahoga Falls Natatorium to discuss the findings in the recently completed Feasibility Study for the Removal of the Gorge Dam. The study was completed by Tetra Tech, Inc. (Tetra … Continued
Conservancy for the Cuyahoga Valley National Park Lyceum Distinguished Speaker Series presents Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells: A Burning River No Longer on Friday, February 26, 2016 from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM at the Happy Days Lodge. Restoring freshwater resources and managing … Continued
a symposium of ideas, inspiration, and planning for a living river and healthy watershed Tuesday, October 20, 2015 8am to 4pm Stillwater Place, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo 3900 Wildlife Way Cleveland, OH 44109 2019 AND BEYOND – THE WHOLE-WATERSHED VISION June … Continued
Which dams are being considered for removal? The Gorge Dam and the Brecksville (Route 82) dams are currently being studied for removal. Dams in Kent, Munroe Falls and Cuyahoga Falls have been bypassed or removed. What are the benefits to … Continued
25th Annual RiverDay May 16, 2015 Celebrating the Cuyahoga River The event listing for RiverDay is now hosted at this site: www.crookedriverday.org
Ohio NowCast This is a test of the nowcast for the Cuyahoga River. The nowcast issues advisories and predicts the concentrations of E. coli once a day at the posted time only. The predicted concentrations are for a specific site … Continued
On January 17, 2014, Judge John Adams approved the Consent Decree between the City of Akron and the US EPA, allowing the city to move forward with its $1.4-billion project to eliminate discharges of raw sewage into the river during … Continued
Dam Removal Update The removal of the Sheraton and LeFever Dams is complete, begun on July 30, 2013 and ending roughly August 20, 2013. This section of river is no longer closed to the general public. For the first time … Continued
We totally agree with the Jan. 15 editorial, “The big dig.” Friends of the Crooked River has advocated for correcting Akron’s combined sewer overflows for two decades. In the early days, when progress seemed nonexistent, our advocacy was quite adversarial. … Continued
The Cuyahoga from Burning River to Recreational Resource is a program which was jointly presented by Appalachian Outfitters and Friends of the Crooked River on Tuesday, April 10, 2012, at 6:30 PM at the Appalachian Outfitter store. FOCR’s Elaine Marsh … Continued