Holiday shopping, wrapping, and gifting oh my! So what can you do with the environment in mind? There’s always the usual tips – like using reusable bags when you go out shopping but there’s also some more creative ones that we’ve come across lately. For instance, did you know that most wrapping paper isn’t recyclable? […]
Earlier this year, the Maumee AOC achieved a major milestone: BUI 11, Degradation of Aesthetics, was removed! We’re offering a refresher on what we do as facilitating organization, what this removal means, and why it matters. The Maumee AOC Advisory Committee (MAAC) works for fishable, swimmable, and drinkable waters within the Maumee AOC through restoration […]
Congratulations to Marilyn Lodge, dedicated Clean Your Streams volunteer and the recipient of our annual Environmental Stewardship & Involvement award. Ms. Lodge is a quiet, but persistent, force behind the huge volunteer breakfast and many raffle prizes for CYS Day! Marilyn Lodge started volunteering for the Ottawa River kickoff even before it was held at […]
You’re invited to our Annual General Meeting on November 30! Our AGM is where we reflect on the past year’s accomplishments, recognize the recipient of our Annual Environmental Stewardship and Involvement Award, as well as the winners of Clean Your Streams Challenges, and conduct organizational business, including the election of the Board of Directors. We’re […]
Help your waterways by donating to a charity that works every day to educate, lead volunteers, and provide direction towards cleaner waterways to local cities! This year, #GivingTuesday is November 28 and Partners for Clean Streams will once again be participating! #GivingTuesday is a global movement to give back to charities that help make communities […]
For 27 years, we’ve been amazed by our volunteers’ determined water stewardship during Clean Your Streams. We’re proud to present their results with a full breakdown of the citizen science data collected this year. Clean Your Streams is a watershed clean-up program where volunteers remove trash and record citizen science data on the items they […]
Community Water Action in Toledo (CWAT) has wrapped up its first PCS-coordinated volunteer water quality monitoring season. Learn what volunteers have accomplished so far. Flowing across an April-October season, the CWAT program allows PCS to coordinator partner organizations’ water monitoring programs by sharing training resources, engaging in volunteer outreach, aligning sampling protocols, and evaluating program […]
A bit of dust has settled: we’ve washed the river mud off our boots, the tire piles have been picked up for recycling, and we are sorting through many meticulously filled-out data cards from passionate citizen scientists. We’re pleased to share some preliminary results from the 27th Annual Clean Your Streams. How did our volunteers […]
You better be-leaf it! Fall leaves that wash into stormwater are a contributor to excess nutrients in our Great Lakes. Learn how changes to your yard practices can make a positive difference this autumn. How big of a deal can autumn leaves be for our waterways? After all, leaves are all-natural! At the simplest level, […]