Darrow Road Park Project Update
Our Darrow Road Park restoration project, funded through an Ohio EPA section 319 grant, is once again open to the public! This project added sinuosity (curviness) to the existing stream…
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Hands-On Water Quality Monitoring for the Community
TCWP is excited to expand our volunteer water quality program with a $4,500 grant from Bell’s Brewing for our Citizen & Community Science for Watershed Health program. We’re creating a lendable…
Growing a Pollinator-Friendly Garden in Maple Heights
Thanks to a $1,000 Conservation Action Grant from Cuyahoga SWCD, TCWP is partnering with the City of Maple Heights to transform a vacant garden plot into a native pollinator garden. This…
Know Your Watershed: Stormwater, Streams, and Stewardship
TCWP received a $5,000 Ohio Environmental Education Fund Mini-Grant from the Ohio EPA for our Know Your Watershed: Stormwater, Streams, and Stewardship project to develop a foldable map of the Tinker’s…
August Community News
BEDFORD Mayor Stan Koci and CIty Manager Mike Mallis will present the Bedford State of the City Address at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 29 at Ellenwood Center, 124 Ellenwood Avenue.…
June Monthly News from the Community
The Tinker’s Creek watershed encompasses 96 miles and includes 19 TCWP member communities in Cuyahoga, Summit and Portage counties. Just as the water and habitats differ in the watershed, so…
Did you know that Tinker’s Creek watershed has ties to the underground railroad?
Juneteenth is celebrated on June 19 to commemorate the significant day in 1865 when enslaved individuals in Texas learned of their emancipation from slavery as declared in the 1863 Emancipation…
The Doo’s and Don’ts of Pet Waste
Our waterways are an essential part of our lives that affect our lands, communities and environment. Clean water is crucial to our health and water pollution jeopardizes that entirely. Clean…
2018 Dominion Watershed Mini Grant Award: Press Release
Tinker’s Creek Watershed Partners was proud recipients of the 2018 Dominion Watershed Mini Grant Award! TCWP received a generous $2,500 grant to purchase supplies needed to continue monitoring the water…
Not Seen but Not Gone: Melting snow reveals littering problem
As the days warm up, melting snow reveals a huge problem that is usually hidden by the crisp white of snow: litter. The melting snow drains all of this…