Have you seen the 2011 Annual Report? Well, you saw an award winning piece of artwork! Our 2011 Annual Report recently won a Bronze Addy Award. The report, done by Fruchtman Marketing, is a booklet filled with colorful graphics, powerful photos and a recap of the events and happenings of 2011 with PCS. There is […]
What will you be doing during April for Earth Day? April is one of our busiest months and we will be out doing lots of public education and volunteer events! Check out our website for our updates for other events. Come visit our interactive display tables or volunteer to do Storm Drain Marking and help […]
Congratulations to the 90 young scouts that attended the Youth Patch Day Workshop on Sunday, March 3rd. The group of energetic Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts in kindergarten through 5th grade earned the blue and white embroidered Partnering for Clean Streams Patch by participating in various water education activities. Professionals that work to improve our […]
Thank you to Waterville, Oregon, Rossford, Sylvania, Ottawa Hills, Northwood and Holland for signing up for Storm Drain Marking already. Have you signed up yet? Storm Drain Marking for Global Youth Service Day is approaching and registration is now open! On Saturday, April 27th, join the crews of volunteers that will be marking storm drains […]
The Maumee Corps project is officially underway and on-the-ground! This grant funded project is meant to improve habitats around the Maumee Area of Concern while putting otherwise unemployed workers back to work. Over 1,360 acres of land and approximately 4,000 linear feet of stream bank will be improved. Native plants will be harvested and re-planted, […]
Every year, thousands of fishermen from all over the country swamp the Maumee River in search of the perfect walleye. About mid-March, fisherman can be seen standing shoulder to shoulder casting lines in the Maumee River near Perrysburg and Maumee. One estimate was that 100,000 fishermen take part in this annual ritual. The flood of […]
It is time to start thinking spring! And that means Storm Drain Marking is around the corner! This year, on April 27th, we are teaming up with Global Youth Service Day to do Storm Drain Marking in multiple jurisdictions around Toledo. We are looking for energetic volunteers ages 10 and up who want to educate […]
On Monday, January 14th, a group of 18 people discussed how informational material about local and state fish consumption advisories could be improved. The discussion group was part of 7 Focus Groups that are being held around the Great Lakes states. Cornell University received a grant to study the effectiveness and fluency of understanding Fish […]
Winter is a quieter time for PCS publicly, but within the office our staff is busily preparing for upcoming events and projects like the Patch Day Workshop and monitoring the Camp Miakonda Habitat Restoration Project. With a new year comes new resolutions, and the PCS staff has a few recommendations to help turn that new […]
Researchers from the State University of New York have recently found startlingly high concentrations of micro-plastics in eastern Lake Erie. This study is part of a global endeavor to understand the origin and prevalence of plastic pollution in waters worldwide in cooperation with the Los Angeles-based 5 Gyres Institute. According to the research, some of […]