The Cuyahoga River Project

(Stage I: Background Information)

 

  1. Video tape
    1. The Cuyahoga: Portrait of a Crooked River Source: Kent State University. Copies can be obtained from Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District.
  2. Articles
    1. Downing, Bob (1996) Aerating Cuyahoga River Would Be Costly. Akron Beacon Journal. December 23, (page B1).
    2. Downing, Bob (1996) Twinsburg Protecting Tinkers Creek. Akron Beacon Journal. December 23, (page B1).
    3. Downing, Bob (1997). People unite to fight polluting of streams. Akron Beacon Journal. Feb. 10, (page B1).
    4. Downing, Bob (1997). Grading the Watershed. Akron Beacon Journal. Feb. 10 , (Page B3).
    5. Nichols, Jim (1996). Cleaner Air- for Fish. Plain Dealer. Dec. 7, page 7-B) LI>Fact sheets provided by the Cuyahoga River Remedial Action Plan:
      • Combined Sewer Overflows
      • Pollution Prevention
      • Nonpoint Source Pollution
      • Storm Drain Stenciling
      • Stormwater Mangamen
      • Fish Consumption Advisory
      • 7 Ways You Can Help Restore the Habitat and Improve Water Quality
      • Forty-three Areas of Concern Identified in the Great Lakes Basin
      • Sewage Disposal Systems
      • Restoring the Cuyahoga River, A Remedial Action Plan
  3. U. S. Government Agencies
    1. What is a Watershed? United State Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service. Program Aid #420, 1994
    2. 1994-1996 Water Quality Monitoring Reports, National Park Service Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area, U. S. Dept. of Interior
    3. Water Quality Data Cuyahoga River Site, State Route 303, National Park Service Cuyahoga Valley Natinal Recreation Area, U. S. Dept. of Interior
    4. Proposed Water Quality Standard Rules (General Fact Sheet), Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Division of Water Quality Planning and Assessment
    5. State of Ohio Water Quality Standards, Chapter 3745-1 of the Administrative Code, Ohio EPA, Division of Surface Water, Standards & Toxic Section.
  4. Speakers
    1. EPA and the Clean Water Act, Steve Tuckerman, Environmental Scientist, Ohio EPA Division of Water Quality Planning and Assessment
    2. Cuyahoga River, past and Present, Elaine Marsh, Friends of the Crooked River
    3. RAP and the Cuyahoga River? Janine Rybka, Cuyahoga Remedial Action Plan
  5. Internet Links
    1. Ohio EPA Remedial Action Plan
    2. Ohio Stream Quality Monitoring Project - Ohio Department of Natural Resources
    3. EPA site for information and links on watersheds
    4. EPA site on water monitoring resources
    5. Strongsville High School Crooked River Project
    6. EPA American Heritage Rivers Initiative
    7. Cuyahoga Valley National Park Photos
    8. Rivers of Life: Center for Global Environmental Education
    9. Ohio Scenic Rivers
    10. Earthforce Success Spotlight

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