Federal funding cuts have led to the termination of an AmeriCorps program in Ohio, halting six years of environmental restoration work with Tinker’s Creek Watershed Partners. The program’s wide-ranging work involved removing invasive species, expanding green infrastructure, monitoring water quality, increasing environmental resilience, educating the public, restoring habitats, maintaining trails, planting trees, managing greenhouses, and much more.

A once-manicured golf course in Geauga County, Ohio, has transformed into a thriving public park where visitors can stroll past native trees and shrubs, cold-water streams, revitalized wetlands, and quality habitat for wildlife. This blend of recreation and habitat is thanks to a series of restoration projects prioritizing natural spaces over putting greens and has breathed new life into the 180-acre park.

Before closing out 2024, we want to take some time to celebrate some of the clean water wins this past year. The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition is grateful for our partners across the eight-state Great Lakes region and these successes wouldn’t have been possible without their continual efforts; thank you, all!

Replacing lead water service pipes in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, will reduce the risk of toxic lead exposure for children and adults.

Cleveland Water Alliance, along with dozens of regional partner organizations, has deployed more than 200 sensors to water sources throughout the Lake Erie region to create the most digitally connected watershed in the world.

Many have heard of Harmful Algal Blooms, but where do they come from and how do we get rid of them? Learn more in this piece about one of the biggest and most mucky issues in the Great Lakes.

Removing impervious surfaces and impediments to fish passage in Euclid Creek will contribute to improving the local ecosystem, removing the Cuyahoga River as toxic hotspot, and restoring Lake Erie.

The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative has helped reconnect the Griswold Creek in Chesterland, OH, to its natural floodplain, reducing erosion and improving habitat.