It is time to start thinking spring! And that means Storm Drain Marking is around the corner! This year, on April 27th, we are teaming up with Global Youth Service Day to do Storm Drain Marking in multiple jurisdictions around Toledo. We are looking for energetic volunteers ages 10 and up who want to educate […]
On Monday, January 14th, a group of 18 people discussed how informational material about local and state fish consumption advisories could be improved. The discussion group was part of 7 Focus Groups that are being held around the Great Lakes states. Cornell University received a grant to study the effectiveness and fluency of understanding Fish […]
Winter is a quieter time for PCS publicly, but within the office our staff is busily preparing for upcoming events and projects like the Patch Day Workshop and monitoring the Camp Miakonda Habitat Restoration Project. With a new year comes new resolutions, and the PCS staff has a few recommendations to help turn that new […]
Researchers from the State University of New York have recently found startlingly high concentrations of micro-plastics in eastern Lake Erie. This study is part of a global endeavor to understand the origin and prevalence of plastic pollution in waters worldwide in cooperation with the Los Angeles-based 5 Gyres Institute. According to the research, some of […]
As part of Northwest Ohio Community Shares, we are selling tickets to the Annual Share-a-Glass Wine and Beer Tasting event. It will be held on Saturday, February 23rd at 7pm at the UAW Local 14 Hall, 5411 Jackman Road. Tickets are $20 for a single and $35 for a pair. For more information, please visit […]
Many local fisherman don’t think of the college campuses as prime fishing grounds but multiple Steelhead Trout were recently caught on the University of Toledo’s campus in the Ottawa River. According to Matt Markey, The Toledo Blade Outdoors Editor, the Steelhead Trout spends its summers in Lake Erie and in streams in the colder months, […]
Now that we have a moment for reflection before we begin a new trip around the sun, let’s review all the accomplishments for the year. From removing record breaking amounts of lead and line from the Maumee River, to over a thousand storm drains being marked and breaking new records with Clean Your Streams Day, […]
A Fish Consumption Advisory discussion group for local fisherman and fish consumers will be held on January 14th, 2013. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Partners for Clean Streams, and the Minnesota Department of Health are working together with Cornell University to recruit people who catch and eat locally caught fish to give us their opinions […]
PCS has done many other things this year. Our new website was released at the end of April and the new version of our E-newsletter, “Currents”, is now in full working order. Our first Annual Report was completed. We led many one-time public education events this year with local universities, Boy Scouts of America, Girl […]
The 16th Annual Clean Your Streams Day saw an astounding 1,175 participants this year. What an overwhelming demonstration of our caring for local rivers and streams in our communities! Volunteers of all ages removed 18,822 pounds of trash from 38 miles of local area streams and rivers. With 60 land sites and 2 boat sites, […]