Media Advisory: 6th Graders Put Finishing Touches on Great Lakes Legacy Act Ashtabula River Cleanup

No. 10-OPA45

(Chicago, Ill. - April 30, 2010) --- 6th graders from Lakeside Intermediate School's After School Discovery plan will plant native seedlings to mark the completion of the $60 million Ashtabula River Legacy Act cleanup.

WHO: Cameron Davis, senior advisor on the Great Lakes to the U.S. E.P.A. administrator; Chris Korleski, director of the Ohio EPA; Charles Wooley, deputy regional director of U.S.F.W.S.; U.S. Senator George Voinovich; Max Blachman representing U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown; Ohio Department of Natural Resources; Ashtabula River Coop group II; Ashtabula City Port Authority; and Norfolk Southern Corporation

WHAT: Will host an event celebrating the completion of a habitat restoration plan that partnered federal, state and local groups with area youth to enhance ecological habitat for plants, wildlife and fish. 500,000 cubic yards of sediment was removed from the Ashtabula River in 2007, making it the biggest of the Great Lakes Legacy Act funded projects. This is the 1st habitat plan ever completed under the Legacy Act.

WHERE: Ashtabula Harbor, Raoul's Boathouse and the peninsula nearby where the planting will take place. Take Hwy 45 until it ends. Turn right onto 531. Take 531 to Main Street. Take a right just before the bridge to the Ashtabula Yacht Club. You will then be directed to the Boathouse.

WHEN: Friday, May 7. Remarks at one p.m. Planting on the peninsula to follow immediately.

PHOTO OP: Interested media will be transported to the area where the Discovery plan 6th graders will be planting seedlings.

There are currently no comments for this story. Be the first to add a comment!
Click here to add a comment about this story.