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(S) Build Your Own Buzzin' Bee House
Thurs, April 3, 6 - 7:30 p.m. @ Twinsburg Library
Participants will learn about the importance of Ohio’s native bees as pollinators while building their own bee house to give our local cavity-nesting bees more habitat. This workshop will also cover native pollinator plants, with native seed mixes provided so that participants can plant their own pollinator garden!
(NOTE: Bee houses require annual maintenance (replacement of nesting materials) to promote healthy bee populations. Therefore, we strongly urge participants to take a bee house only if they are able to maintain it. Tinker’s Creek Watershed Partners will be offering replacement materials for participants’ second year of the bee house free of charge.)
There are a limited number of bee house kits. Tinkers Creek Watershed is providing one bee house kit per household. Household members may work together to build one bee house. Please only register one name per household.
More Information and Registration Here
(S) Doan Brook Fishing Workshop with Cleveland Metroparks
Sat, April 5, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. @ Rockefeller Lagoon
Are you a long-time fishing fanatic, or would you like to try to catch your first fish? Join Doan Brook Watershed Partnership and Cleveland Metroparks at Rockefeller Lagoon on Saturday, April 5th for a free fishing workshop! The lagoon will be stocked with beautiful, farm raised rainbow trout, and we will have free fishing rods and bait while supplies last! Rockefeller Lagoon (7 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Cleveland, OH) is wheelchair accessible, and you do not need a fishing license to fish there!
More Information and Registration Here
(S) Live Stake Workshop for Streamside Landowners
Sat, April 5, 12 - 1:30 p.m. @ 17375 River Valley Blvd. North Royalton, OH 44133
Installing cut branches from certain species, called “live stakes,” is an easy and affordable way for streamside landowners to stabilize eroding banks and protect their land. At this Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District workshop participants will learn how to install live stakes by helping place them in a restored wetland and will receive live stakes free of charge to take home and install on their own property.
For this event you must be able to walk down a relatively steep slope, be comfortable wading through wet grass/shallow streams, and be able to carry 20 lbs. Bring your own rain boots and gloves.
More Information and Registration Here
(S) West Creek: 2025 Annual Meeting
Tues, April 8, 6 - 8 p.m. @ Parma - Snow Library
Join us for West Creek Conservancy’s Annual Meeting on April 8th. The presentation will include a 2024 wrap-up and what's on deck for 2025 and beyond.
More Information and Registration Here
(S) Detection and Forecasting of Harmful Algal Blooms
Wed, April 16, 3 - 4 p.m. @ Online
Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs) produce great amounts of cyanotoxins, significantly threatening aquatic ecosystems and public health. Knowledge of the timing and location of cyanoHAB events and cyanotoxin production is important for water quality management of recreational and drinking water systems. This EPA webinar will go over two research efforts related to detecting and forecasting cyanoHABs. The first uses satellite data to predict weekly probabilities of cyanoHABs in over 2,000 US lakes. The team launched the public beta test forecast website for the 2024 active HAB season, and a newly updated forecasting website is planned for 2025. The forecasting has 91% overall accuracy, allowing local partners and states to prepare and quickly respond to cyanoHAB events, mitigate health risks, and protect public health. The second research effort uses cyanotoxin encoding genes as an early warning system to predict cyanoHABs in source and recreational waters throughout the US.
More Information and Registration Here
(S) Hudson Earth Day Celebration & Rain Barrel Workshop
Sat, April 19, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. @ Hudson Clocktower and Gazebo Greens
The Earth Day Celebration is the City of Hudson’s community event to kick off Earth Month. Join us for a full day of family fun activities, local sustainable vendors, live music, and more! Parking and admission are FREE.
More Information and Registration Here
(S) Doan Brook Grow Not Mow
Sat, April 26, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. @ Shaker Blvd & Warrensville Center Rd
Grow Not Mow is a community program powered by volunteers like you and championed by the City of Shaker Heights. With this program, we hope to restore and enhance biodiversity in the floodplain of the Doan Brook to make it a better habitat for pollinators, wildlife, and people while also reducing the land area that is mowed. Our plantings will also help to absorb, filter stormwater runoff and prevent soil erosion, and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions associated with mowing.
More Information and Registration Here
(S) Learn to Fly into the Hobby of Birding: Session 1
Sat, April 26, 3 - 5 p.m. @ CPL-Memorial-Nottingham Branch
Join the Friends of Euclid Creek, Kirtland Bird Club, and the Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland for a 2-session interactive Introduction to Birding!
First Session: Introduction to Birding by Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland’s own Matt Valencic at the Cleveland Public Library (CPL) Memorial-Nottingham Branch.
More Information and Registration Here
(S) Green Yards and Healthy Homes Workshop at The University Heights Sustainable Home Fair
Sun, April 27, 1 - 2 p.m. @ Wiley School Building
Our yards and homes have an enormous impact on the natural world and to our own health. Learn how to replace chemicals in your yard and home with a few inexpensive, all-natural, effective ingredients to create a healthy habitat for all. Workshop participants will learn how to reduce their environmental impact at home – both inside and out – and will have the opportunity to make one safe and environmentally-friendly indoor/outdoor recipes such as all-purpose cleaner and weed killer.
More Information and Registration Here
(S) Regenerative Gardening Workshop
Sun, April 27, 1:30 - 3 p.m. @ Watershed Stewardship Center
Regenerative gardening is a great way to practice self-sufficiency and sustainability in your own backyard. In this free workshop, we will learn about what regenerative gardening is and how we can utilize this practice in everyday life. Registration for an optional rain barrel add-on will be available for a fee in limited quantities.
More Information and Registration Here
More (S)upplemental events can be found on our website here.
*WVP volunteers can submit supplemental hours in Volgistics under (S) Watershed Partner Event Contact us if you need assistance reporting any hours.
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