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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, January 20, 2015 CONTACT: Claire Posius, Euclid Creek Watershed Coordinator Phone: 216/524-6580, ext. 16 or [email protected]
Cleveland, OH – The Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District is currently
accepting enrollment forms for the Euclid Creek Streamside Tree and Shrub Planting
Program. Anyone who owns streamside (riparian) property in the Euclid Creek
Watershed is eligible and encouraged to enroll. No stream is too small! Program
participants will receive free tree and shrub seedlings to plant along their backyard
streams, in order to establish forested riparian, or streamside, buffers. Enrollment ends
February 20th, and seedlings will be available in April for spring planting. This is a great
opportunity for residents to get directly involved in the preservation of the Euclid Creek
Watershed, which includes parts of Cuyahoga and Lake Counties. For more information,
to enroll, or to find out if you live in the Euclid Creek Watershed, contact Claire Posius at
216/524-6580 x16 or by email at [email protected]. Enrollment forms can
also be downloaded at www.EuclidCreekWatershed.org.
The riparian area is the land alongside a stream or river that directly affects—or is
affected by—the water. Healthy riparian buffers contain trees, shrubs, and other
vegetation that protect both the stream and the streamside property. In the Euclid Creek
Watershed, many of our riparian buffers have been cleared in order to make additional
space for lawns, houses, fields and roads. Properly maintained riparian buffers stabilize
stream banks, decrease peak storm flows, filter nutrients and sediment from storm
water, provide essential habitat for fish, birds, and other wildlife, and increase property
values.
The Euclid Creek Streamside Tree and Shrub Planting Program is made possible
through a grant from the Lake Erie Protection Fund, which is managed by the Ohio Lake
Erie Commission. The Lake Erie Protection Fund is supported by the citizens of Ohio
through their purchase of the Lake Erie License Plate.
For more information, to enroll, or to find out if you live in the Euclid Creek Watershed,
contact Claire Posius at 216/524-6580 x16, by email at [email protected], or
on the website at www.EuclidCreekWatershed.org.
Attn: Claire Posius
6100 West Canal Rd.
Valley View, OH 44125
Name
Address
Phone
I own both sides of the stream.
In order to provide you with the correct number of
seedlings, please check the box below that corresponds to
the length of stream on your property.
0—50 feet
50—100 feet
100—150 feet
150—200 feet
More than 200 feet
I own one side of the stream.
Do you own one side of the
stream, or both sides?
To enroll in the Euclid Creek Riparian Tree
and Shrub Planting Program, please complete
this form and return it to CSWCD by Friday,
February 20, 2015 per the instructions below.
Phone: 216-524-6580 x16 Fax: 216-524-6584
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.EuclidCreekWatershed.org
Contact Claire Posius, Euclid Creek
Watershed Coordinator or visit website for details.
Please mail completed forms to:
Or you can fax or scan & email your form.
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The Euclid Creek Riparian Tree and Shrub Planting
Program is made possible through a grant from the
Lake Erie Protection Fund, which is administered
by the Ohio Lake Erie Commission. The Ohio Lake
Erie Commission was established in 1990 to
preserve Lake Erie's natural resources, the quality
of its waters and ecosystem, and to promote
economic development within the region.
The Lake Erie Protection Fund is supported by the
citizens of Ohio through tax-deductible donations
and by the purchase of the Lake Erie License Plate.
$15 from the sale of each “Erie…Our Great Lake”
license plate goes directly to the Lake Erie
Protection Fund. Visit your local deputy registrar
or www.OPLATES.com to purchase the plates.
As a riparian (streamside)
property owner, you have a
special opportunity to
restore the Euclid Creek and
its tributaries.
Th e Euclid Creek
Riparian Tree and
Shrub Planting Program
provides tree and shrub
seedlings, and planting
guidance free of charge to
streamside landowners in the Euclid Creek
Watershed. The only requirement is that the
seedlings be planted adjacent to the stream in order
to establish a riparian buffer.
The riparian area is the land alongside a stream or
river that directly affects—or is affected by—the
water. A riparian buffer is a green corridor along a
river or stream that separates the water from
surrounding land uses. Healthy riparian buffers
contain trees, shrubs, and other vegetation that
protects both the stream and streamside property.
In the Euclid Creek Watershed, as in many places
throughout the world, many of our riparian buffers
have been cleared in order to make additional
space for lawns, houses, fields and roads. The lack
of healthy riparian buffers has contributed to
stream bank instability and erosion, diminished
water quality, and habitat degradation.
Properly maintained riparian buffers
stabilize stream banks, decrease high storm
flows, filter nutrients and sediment from
storm water, provide essential habitat for
fish, birds, and other wildlife, and increase
property values.
The Euclid Creek Watershed consists of the entire area
that drains to the Euclid Creek when it rains. This 24
square-mile network of neighborhoods, forests, parks,
roads and streams stretches 43 miles through all or a
portion of 11 communities in northeastern Cuyahoga
County and a portion of Lake County. The Euclid
Creek drains directly to Lake Erie.
states that restoring and protecting functioning
riparian corridors along the streams of the Euclid Creek
is the single most important action that can be
taken to maintain water quality in the stream and to
minimize problems from future development.
All property owners whose land contains or is
adjacent to any stream, river or other body of
surface water in the Euclid Creek Watershed are
encouraged to participate in the program. No
stream is too small!
Simply fill out the Program Enrollment Form on
the back page of this flyer and return it to the
Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District
(CSWCD) by Friday, February 20, 2015.
Seedlings, including Button Bush, Silky Dogwood,
Swamp White Oak and Red Maple, among others,
will be available and ready to plant in April 2015.
Details about the distribution of the seedlings will
be sent to program participants in March.
Not sure if you live in the Euclid Creek
Watershed? Check out the watershed map at
www.EuclidCreekWatershed.org or contact Claire
Posius, Euclid Creek Watershed Coordinator, at
216-524-6580 x16 or [email protected].