by West Creek Conservancy | Oct 6, 2015 | West Creek in Action
Project summary West Creek Conservancy is in the process of creating a free mobile device app to promote coastal and river access, watershed stewardship and public engagement in Ohio’s portion of the Lake Erie Basin. The app will use a phone’s GPS capability to locate...
by West Creek Conservancy | Sep 8, 2015 | West Creek in Action
Baldwin Creek begins in North Royalton, and flows in a westerly direction through the cities of Parma, Middleburg Heights, Strongsville, and Berea before entering the East Branch of the Rocky River near the Berea Water Treatment Plant. It is home to Coe Lake, Lake...
by West Creek Conservancy | Jul 15, 2015 | West Creek in Action
I’m helping to make a Greener Greater Cleveland. On the back of West Creek Conservancy t-shirts is a statement that inspires me at my internship every day: “I’m helping to make a Greener Greater Cleveland.” To me, the best part about interning with a nonprofit...
by West Creek Conservancy | Jul 15, 2015 | Donor Insight
Our Road to Conservation From Jeff and Christine Smith My wife and I were looking for some wooded property to build our home. We found the perfect site and were able to make a deal with a seller, who was Pinnacle Sports of Medina. Everything looked good but the...
by West Creek Conservancy | May 28, 2015 | Past Events
Press Release West Creek Conservancy’s Annual River Sweep a Success. Parma, OH, May 9, 2015: Each year hundreds of volunteers from across the community team up to beautify the Cuyahoga River Valley at Ohio’s largest done-in-a-day cleanup event. This year West Creek...
by West Creek Conservancy | Jan 27, 2015 | West Creek in Action
What does an urban watershed look like to you? We are putting the call out for photos – YOUR photos of our urban watersheds! We will be collecting these images, as many as are submitted, from December 2014 to December 2015; capturing all seasons and Cleveland weather...
by West Creek Conservancy | Aug 18, 2014 | Past Events
On Sunday, August 17th we held our third annual Tails for Trails Dog Walk at the Keystone Shelter in the West Creek Reservation. The event was attended by many local residents and their furry friends. Participants took part in one-mile and three-mile walks through...
by West Creek Conservancy | Jun 13, 2014 | Past Events
Recognizing the value of trails and greenways as Pathways to Healthy Communities, decision makers, planners and practitioners, and trail advocates from around Greater Cleveland gathered on June 12th, 2014 in Mayfield Village, Ohio to share ideas, discover new tools,...
by West Creek Conservancy | Sep 14, 2013 | Past Events
On September 14, 2013, West Creek Conservancy hosted a ceremony at Parma’s Henninger Homestead to dedicate the site’s newly installed Ohio Historical marker. The dedication ceremony featured speakers including The Honorable Tim DeGeeter, Mayor of Parma, Chuck Germana,...
by West Creek Conservancy | Jul 1, 2013 | Donor Insight
by Al Penko. Growing up on Wallings Road in Broadview Heights near the North Royalton border in the 1940s and 1950s most of the farms had been sold or at least not worked. New building was going on along the main roads such as Wallings, State and Sprague with farmers...
