Darrow Road Park Restoration Project
The City of Hudson has been awarded a $250,000 OEPA Section 319 grant with matching funds from the City. Funds will be used to enhance and permanently protect riparian habitat and wetlands in this valuable headwaters area for Tinker’s Creek. Invasive species will be treated, and native species will be installed to add diversity, resilience, and stormwater function to this area.
The Darrow Road Park property is approximately 52.5 acres owned by the City of Hudson. Roughly 37 acres of the park is mapped as wetland, containing a perennial stream locally known as Darrow Park Ditch. The Darrow Park Ditch stream (Stream) has numerous impairments from channelization, historic dredging, and in-stream sediment loading, resulting in water quality degradation.
This funding will increase our progress towards restoring habitats and water quality in the watershed. This site is an important headwaters site within the City of Hudson which will continue to be protected from development and made accessible to the public. We are excited about the opportunity to put this project on the ground with great partners in the City, the EPA, and Friends of Hudson Parks.
OWEN BROWN Street Restoration Project
The City of Hudson was awarded a $185,194 OEPA Section 319 grant with matching funds from the City. Funds were used to enhance and permanently protect riparian habitat and wetlands along Tinker’s Creek. More than 3.0 acres of invasive species were treated/removed, and more than 2.5 acres of native live stakes/ trees/ and shrubs were installed to add diversity, resilience, and stormwater function to this area.
The creek was impaired by sedimentation, organic enhancement, low in-stream dissolved oxygen, nutrient enrichment, toxicity, habitat alteration. The completed project restored 6,000 linear feet of stream channel, involved the installation of seven grade structures,
This funding increased our progress towards restoring habitats and water quality in the watershed. This site is an important water quality resource in Hudson which is protected from development and made accessible to the public. We are excited about the opportunity to complete this impactful project with great partners in the City, the EPA, and local agencies
HUB District Riparian Enhancement Project
The City of Warrensville Heights has been awarded a $34,000+ Clean Ohio grant from the Ohio Public Works Commission with matching funds of $11,000+ from the City. Funds will be used to enhance and permanently protect 5.6 acres of riparian habitat and wetlands along Bear Creek, a major tributary to Tinker’s Creek. Invasive species will be treated, and native species will be installed to add diversity, resilience, and stormwater function to this area.
The creek is impaired by sedimentation, organic enhancement, low in-stream dissolved oxygen, nutrient enrichment, toxicity, habitat alteration, as well as yet to be determined impairments. Habitat impairments reflect a historically dredged stream in various stages of recovery.
This funding will increase our progress towards restoring habitats and water quality in the watershed. This site is an important water quality resource in Warrensville Heights which will be protected from development and made accessible to the public. We are excited about the opportunity to put this project on the ground with great partners in the City, the Ohio Public Works Commission, and local agencies.