By Casey Fuleky As I write this letter, I am finishing up my last day as an Outreach Intern here at Partners for Clean Streams. Since I first began my internship in May, my knowledge and appreciation regarding clean, clear, and safe water has vastly expanded. Assisting with tasks such as designing Clean Your Streams […]
Want to support our work towards clear, clean, and safe water, especially after the local water crisis this summer? Thinking of when to give your annual donation or pay your yearly dues to PCS? Do it on December 2nd, or Giving Tuesday and the Toledo Community Foundation and the Center for Nonprofit Resources will match […]
The 2014 Maumee AOC Fall/Winter Summit will be held on Thursday, December 4th from 9:30am to 12:30pm at the Jazel Leadership Center at Camp Miakonda at 5600 W Sylvania Ave, in Toledo. Come check out the brand new building at Camp and learn about the upcoming direction for the Area of Concern program and the […]
Join us for the Annual General Meeting on Monday, November 17, as we celebrate the success of 2014 at the Ward Pavilion in Wildwood Metropark. There will be an optional tour given by Metropark staff of one of the areas undergoing habitat restoration under our Maumee Corps work that PCS and the Metroparks of the […]
Clean Your Streams 18 coverage NBC Channel 24 – Volunteers clean up Toledo Rivers (aired 9/20/14) The Toledo Blade – Volunteers purge trash from Water (printed 10/7/14) DGL Website – DGL supports Clean Your Streams
One of our main focuses at PCS is removing the trash from local streams and rivers. Even though volunteers remove tons of trash every year during our cleanup events, trash accumulates quickly in our waterways. That’s certainly not what we want in our drinking water. Unfortunately, this reoccurring problem is more widespread than Toledo. Marine […]
By Jeff MacKenzie, Teacher of Environmental and Physical Science, Whitmer High School Clean Your Streams has been an annual event for students at Whitmer High School for the past 12 years. I started bringing students when I was an FFA advisor and I was teaching an Environmental Systems career class. Students and other folks as […]
Clean Your Streams Was A Huge Success and We Owe It All to You! We cannot thank our volunteers enough for their efforts in making OUR streams clean! The PCS Staff and CYS Planning Team are incredibly happy with the results of the 18th Annual Clean Your Streams Day, which would have been unreachable without […]
Don’t forget to register for the 18th Annual Clean Your Streams Day on Saturday, September 20th, 2014! We are getting ready for our largest, most productive Clean Your Streams event to date and we need to know if you will be joining us. Your last chance to register is Wednesday, September 10th, so don’t delay! […]
Even though habitat and lake restoration was completed almost two years ago, work has not stopped at Camp Miakonda. Throughout the summer, Cub Scouts and visitors of all ages have been guided around Lake Sawyer, along the Ottawa River, and next to the tributaries, by eight educational signs. Each sign describes part of the camp’s […]