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Notice: Closure of The Upper Gorge of the Cuyahoga Reported by Dave Hill:"This is just a heads up regarding river access during the dam removal activities in Cuyahoga Falls. The demolition contractor and the City of CF will be designating the area between the Route 8 bridge (Riverfront Park) and the downstream side of the Sheraton Hotel as a construction zone which is off limits to all unauthorized personnel (paddlers, etc). "There will be signage and information kiosks along the closed section including designated viewing areas for the dam demolition activities. In addition, live video feeds will be available for remote viewing of the project. I will post a link to the video feeds once thay have been initiated. "This map link shows the closure area which will begin June 10 through project completion." Please Take The KSU Survey about Paddling in CVNP! Attention Cuyahoga River Paddlers and Enthusiasts!Take this survey, today! Dear Cuyahoga River User: The Cuyahoga River is a tremendous resource which brings life to the many communities through which it passes. Kent State University, like many of us in Northeast Ohio, is concerned for the health of the river and is working to improve it. In addition to providing recreational opportunities on the river, the university is active in research and management along its course. As Cuyahoga Water Trail Partners, you are being invited to participate in a Kent State University approved study. The purpose of the study is to gather information related to managing the river for public use. Click here for the survey. (Survery will open in a new browser window or tab.) If you chose to participate, please click on the link and answer each question as accurately and honestly as possible. Participation is voluntary and all participants will remain completely anonymous. The survey will take 15 – 20 minutes to complete. Please complete the survey only once. You are also invited to forward this invitation to your fellow paddling/canoeing/kayaking/etc. group members. If you choose to forward the invitation, then please let me know how many people you forwarded it to so that I can keep track of the number of invitations sent. I am the study’s primary investigator and a professor at Kent State University. This project has been approved by the Kent State University Institutional Review Board. If you have any questions about your rights as a research participant or complaints about the research, you may call the IRB at 330.672.2704. If you have any questions or comments about the nature of the study or are curious about the results, please contact me by email (alepp1@kent.edu), phone (330-672-0218), or in person (316 White Hall). Thank you for participation! Sincerely, Andrew Lepp Recreation, Park and Tourism Management It is critical that we make our voices heard in this process. Take the survey today! Friends of the Crooked River announce 2013 RiverDay Event Schedule Friends of the Crooked River and Cuyahoga RAP are proud to sponsor the next RiverDay, scheduled for May 18, 2013. The theme is From Burning River to Earning River. The schedule is now complete, with over 20 activities from the river's headwaters to its mouth. Click here to see this year's schedule. 2013 Canoe Outings Schedule Click here for the 2013 schedule. See the Crooked River up close and personal! The next two trips are coming up very soon, May 12 and 19.Cuyahoga Dam Removal Update: The Army Corps of Engineers has issued the permit for dam deconstruction. Dam removal will commence ASAP. Weather permitting, the removal of the Sheraton Dam will take place in June (2013), with the upstream LeFever dam to come down in July. See this article.There were two public meetings on this project: Jan. 16 and Feb. 27. Both were well attended, and the plan for removing the dams was well received. Click here to view the presentation shown at the meetings. Here's an article from the Akron Beacon Journal about the first public meeting, and here's a better article from the West Side Leader about the meeting. See also this article about the project to remove the two Cuyahoga Falls dams. The project has been delayed some by the Army Corps of Engineers' permit process. The dams will likely be removed in 2013. See also this article by WKSU's Mark Urycki. FoCR joins other organizations, including the EPA, in aiming to have the Gorge Dam removed; an engineering study may take place in 2015 or '16. The 68-foot, 101-year-old structure has trapped 832,000 cubic yards of sediment, twice the initial estimates. Here's an article from the Akron Beacon Journal about the Gorge Dam. FOCR's Elaine Marsh gave a talk at the Keel-haulers Canoe Club in October. Here's an article about dam decommissioning on the Cuyahoga which grew out of her talk. Cuyahoga CSOs FOCR's Elaine Marsh wrote a letter to the editor of the Akron Beacon Journal, calling for Judge John Adams to approve Akron's CSO plan. Click here to read it, and click here to read the Akron Beacon Journal's editorial endorsing Akron's plan.FOCR's Elaine Marsh is quoted in this article in WKSU about Akron's efforts to remove Combined Sewer Overflows. Also click here for an article for Keel-haulers which grew out of her talk on this subject. Cuyahoga Water Trail FOCR is advocating the construction of a Water Trail on the Cuyahoga, from its headwaters to Lake Erie. Click here for a link to the Keel-haulers' article on the plan, and come back to this website for regular updates. 2013 River Rat Revelry was a big success—Thursday, April 11, 2013! The 2013 River Rat Revelry was held in Cuyahoga Falls on Thursday, April 11. Over fifty people saw three way-cool presentations on our Crooked River's history, the plans for dam removal, updates on CSOs, and more! Click here for the program. Brecksville Dam Update The environmental impact study for the Route 82 Dam has been reinvigorated. Click here for a link to the "Canal Diversion Dam Modification Plan Update" from Cuyahoga Valley National Park. The Cuyahoga from Burning River to Recreational Resource is a program which was jointly presented by Appalachian Outfitters and Friends of the Crooked River on Tuesday, April 10, 2012, at 6:30 PM at the Appalachian Outfitter store. FOCR's Elaine Marsh was the featured speaker.Welcome to the online home of the Cuyahoga River. The picture in the upper left corner was chosen because it
illustrates that the Cuyahoga River is a river of contrasts. For
some it is a haven of beauty, a source of inspiration, and place for
recreation. For others it is a ditch to be used as a sewer and
forgotten or as a resource to be exploited for a quick profit. Join Us! Download a membership application here. Contact the Virtual RiverKeeper, matt at americanwhitewater dot org, with any question about this website, Friends of the Crooked River, or the Cuyahoga River.
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