PARMA, OH--On Saturday May 8, 2010, NEOCHMM again assisted the West Creek Preservation Committee as part of River Sweep 2010. River Sweep is an annual event held by the Ohio Canal Corridor as a coordinated cleanup and beautification project at 11 locations in the Cuyahoga River Watershed.
Because our group can operate independently , we were requested to clean up a conservation easement in Parma, called Dolan Block D. This is a undulating, wooded area, containing a small creek and wetlands , surrounded by houses. It drains to the head waters of West Creek, where NEOCHMM did some cleanup work in 2007 and 2008. This is our fourth consecutive year of public service on River Sweep. We once again received a small matching grant from the ACHMMunity program for this work.
This year, a few dedicated NEOCHMM members felt like we were cast in the movie, "Raiders of the Lost Ark." That's because the night before, the area experienced a tornado watch, severe thunderstorms, hall, heavy rain and localized flooding. Derek Schaffer, our contact at the WCPC, was called in to work and actually had two cars damaged by hail, one of which was only two weeks old. Two NEOCHMM members, Han Maung and Scott Williams, could not attend due to unexpected trips to the hospital.
