N

Cleveland

Richmond Heights

South Euclid

City of Euclid

Wickliffe

Willowick

Portage Escarpment Watershed NPS-IS 2018 ECWC presentation, 5 Apr 2018Roy Larick, PhDBluestone Heights

N

W’shed Action Plan 2005

Euclid Creek

Nine-Element Plan 2018

US EPA Non-Point Source control

Portage Escarpment Watershed NPS-IS 2018

N

Green Creek Lilly CreekBabbitt Run Burk RunSalt Run

US EPA Non-Point Source control

Nine-Element Plan 2018

Portage Escarpment Watershed NPS-IS 2018

historical courses

N

Cleveland

Richmond Heights

South Euclid

current courses(integrated into the storm sewer system)

Wickliffe

Willowick

Portage Escarpment Watershed NPS-IS 2018

N

two critical areas

Portage Escarpment Watershed NPS-IS 2018

Lilly terrace

west

Lilly terraceeast

Babbitt Briardale

Burk moraine

Burk terrace

N

Terrace Wetland Critical AreaFeature Function/Integrity

T11 Burk terrace wetland (8 acres)

open watercourses and hardwood forest

E2 Knott Pond wetland (1 acre)X

23000 Euclid Ave

T8 Tungsten Playground wetland(1 acre)

Amazon bioretention (1.85 acre)

E2

60

th

N

Escarpment Ravine Critical AreaHeadwater Habitat Streamflow Chemistry

Green Creek Escarpment RavineEuclid Railroad railbed

Green Creek Escarpment Ravineerosion, deposition & trash

Green Creek Escarpment Ravinemodeling residential parcel runoff

20 Acres/999 Trees

-18 tons of Carbon

-357 k gal Stormwater

-$12,000 value

Green Creek as

Green InfrastructureLarick & Kovalcik

400 Acres

-360 tons of Carbon

-7 M gal Stormwater

-$240,000 value

EuclidEscarpment Forest Band

EuclidEscarpment Forest Band

conservation resources

Central Lake Erie Basin Watershed Collaborative 200 consulting hours for 2018

to bring in:

Western Reserve Land Conservancy

West Creek Conservancy Healthy Watersheds Consortium grant 2018Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer DistrictWatershed Partner Service Agreement 2017-18

Chagrin River Watershed PartnersHealthy Watersheds Consortium grant 2018

Cities of Euclid and Richmond Heights

Prov Miss Bapt Ch (2 parcels) City of Euclid (6 parcels) Local resident (4 parcels)

Hillandale68 acres of ravines, wetlands and woodlands

Wickliffe

Euclid

Richmond Hts

E-Check parcel

Brush house site

C

B

AE

DF

G

Tremaine bridge

Hillandale ParkHillandale68 acres of ravines, wetlands and woodlands

I-2

71

Mt Pleasant

Lake County

EuclidEscarpment Forest Band

Greater Opportunity

Enhance Buffers

Reforest

Restore stream inflows

Conserve woodlands

Stabilize slopes

Restore streambeds

© 2018 Bluestone Heights

surface stream

buried stream

storm sewer

wetland

escarpment ravine

plain

heights

Critical Area Strategies

Escarpment Ravines

Terrace Wetlands

terrace

escarpment(hill)

Portage Escarpment Watershed NPS-IS 2018

In Conclusion