by Derek Schafer | Sep 25, 2019
West Creek Coventry Restoration Restoring West Creek A healthy stream has riffles, pools and floodplains. Riffles are shallow areas where water runs fast over rocks. Pools are deeper areas, where water slows down and sediment has time to settle to the bottom, which...
by Liz Hersh | Oct 22, 2018
Hemlock Creek Trail Hemlock Creek Trail OPENED! Have you hiked the newest & largest community connector to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and Towpath Trail? The Hemlock Creek Trail, almost 2 miles long with a 200-foot bridge spanning the Cuyahoga River, opened...
by Liz Hersh | Jul 29, 2018
West Creek Reservation West Creek Reservation is a 350+ acre natural park surrounded by residential neighborhoods and leased to Cleveland Metroparks by the City of Parma and West Creek Conservancy. Staffed, operated, and maintained by Cleveland Metroparks, the...
by Liz Hersh | Jul 29, 2018
Treadway Creek Trail Many environmental projects have a rich history, and Treadway Creek Trail is no exception. The Treadway Creek ravine in the Lower Big Creek Valley watershed within Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood had been neglected for many years. Over time...
by Liz Hersh | Jul 29, 2018
The West Creek Confluence In the heart of Cuyahoga County, a working living floodplain is emerging from a once-lifeless 10-acre plot. As one of West Creek Conservancy’s signature projects, the West Creek Confluence, where West Creek flows into the Cuyahoga River, is...
