Euclid Creek Day this Saturday

6th Annual Euclid Creek Day
Saturday, September 13, 2008
10:00am-2:00pm

Euclid Creek Metroparks Reservation—Upper Highland Picnic Area

We invite you to join us for this free, family-friendly educational event featuring:
•Picnic lunch
•Door prizes (enter raffle to win a rain barrel)
•Hands-on activities and games (Play Conservation Cornhole or Venture into the Soils Tent)
•Exhibits by conservation partners
•Annual election of Board of Supervisors

Schedule of Events:
10:00am-12:30pm: Board of Supervisors Election
10:15am-11:00am: Stream Monitoring Training Session with Dr. Mike Nichols
11:00am-11:30am: East Branch Dam Removal Site Visit
11:30am-12:00pm: Rain Barrel Demonstration
11:30am-1:00pm: Picnic Lunch, Awards and Recognition Ceremony
1:00pm-2:00pm: Euclid Creek Nature Walk with Metroparks Naturalist Stacey Allen
1:00pm-2:00pm: Langerdale/Nine Mile Wetland Retrofit Site Visit
1:30pm-2:00pm: Rain Barrel Demonstration

Event highlights include: Water Quality Monitoring training with Professor Nichols of John Carroll University, tours of the Euclid Creek East Branch Dam Removal site, and of the Langerdale/Nine Mile Wetland Retrofit site in South Euclid, Rain Barrel Demonstrations and Giveaway, Games like Conservation Cornhole, and a Guided Nature Hike with Metroparks Naturalist Stacey Allen. Events going on the same day in other Euclid Creek Watershed Community locations include a Rain Garden demonstration in Lyndhurst, and Motor Oil Drops for residents in Beachwood and Richmond Heights.