We’re excited to invite you to our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on December 5th! This is a wonderful opportunity to reflect on our achievements from the past year, honor the recipient of our Annual Environmental Stewardship and Involvement Award, celebrate the winners of the Clean Your Streams Challenges, and conduct essential organizational business, including the […]
November is the season of giving, and what better way to give back than to our environment? As the vibrant colors of fall surround us, it’s the perfect time to unite and provide our community with a little TLC. Through our CYS 365 program, you can volunteer with us to create clearer, cleaner waterways year-round! […]
The holiday season is coming up! This is a wonderful time to gather with loved ones and enjoy delicious food, but it can also lead to significant waste and environmental impact. Here are some simple tips to incorporate sustainable practices for your gatherings: 📝 Plan Your Menu Wisely• Use local and seasonal produce to reduce […]
For 28 years, we’ve been inspired by our volunteers’ unwavering commitment to water stewardship during Clean Your Streams. We are excited to share their achievements, along with a comprehensive analysis of this year’s citizen science data. We can’t always neatly categorize every single piece of marine debris that volunteers remove, but this shows some of […]
Join us on our journey to repopulate the Maumee River with sturgeon! Come see our table at Sturgeon Fest October 12th, 2024, from 10am to 1pm at the Toledo Zoo to learn more about Sturgeons in our area. Location: City of Toledo boat launch across from the Broadway Street Zoo entrance at 2700 Broadway Street. […]
As October comes around, some of the last clean up opportunities of 2024 are coming up! We want to focus on the fishing debris that often gets left behind after the fishing season. 🎣 Help us clean-up and recycle discarded fishing equipment! We are looking for volunteers to help remove fishing line and other debris […]
Happy fall! One of the best things about fall is the beautiful red, green, and orange foliage. But it comes with a cost. During this time of the year, we need to make sure to protect our storm drains and water quality by properly discarding those fallen leaves! When the trees lose their leaves, the […]
September 28th, 2024 was our 28th annual Clean Your Streams Day. We wanted to say thank you to everyone who came out and supported the event, helping to keep our streams clean. We would not be able to do what we do without your help and support! One last THANK YOU to those who helped […]
With more clean-ups and CYS 28 on the horizon, we wanted to put together a quick refresher on the Clean Swell App to help you easily record and submit your waterway clean-up data! The Ocean Conservancy’s Clean Swell acts as a digital version of a data card, allowing you to track marine debris with a […]
It truly takes a village to sustain Clean Your Streams for 28 years, and we’re excited to shine a spotlight on the sponsors who make our programs possible. We also want to share ways you can support our mission throughout the year. First, a big thank you to our returning grant funder. For the last […]