The Cuyahoga River was once so polluted that it caught on fire 13 times. It’s been almost 50 years since the river last burned. Today, water quality and the environment along the river is much improved. But it’s still tough to be a fish, especially a young one, in a channelized, working river. Cuyahoga River Restoration has implemented several green bulkhead projects that give fish places to feed and rest as they travel through the ship channel. These experimental installations have begun to improve conditions for local fish populations; they will hopefully help lead to more ecologically sensitive riverfront development, and also to better relationships between people and their fish neighbors.
The CUDC provides support in education and advocacy for the Habitat for Hard Places (H4HP) initiative. These efforts have included a partnership with landscape architecture students at OSU who worked on speculative designs for human + fish-friendly habitats along the Cuyahoga, and outreach work supported by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Ohio Environmental Education Fund.
Project Partners
Cuyahoga River Restoration
Halina Steiner, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture @ The Ohio State University
Ohio EPA Environmental Education Fund
