Watershed

The fourth annual event celebrates 50 years since passage of the Clean Water Act.

This story was originally published on July 22, 2019.Fifty years ago a burning river mobilized a generation of environmental activism. Citizens pushed for…

When the Cuyahoga River caught fire 50 years ago it helped spark an environmental movement in America. However, there was little coverage at the time and…

Over the past 50 years, freight traffic on the lower Cuyahoga River has increasingly competed with smaller watercraft as the river has rebounded to become…

The Cuyahoga River and many other Northern Ohio streams and rivers are part of the Lake Erie Watershed, which encompasses 33 of Ohio's 88 counties, or…

In the early 1970s there was a cooperative effort between the United States and Canada to lower the amount of pollutants entering the Great Lakes. Around…

Rivers in northern Ohio have long been conduits of industry, linking onshore factories to Great Lakes shipping and beyond.This industrial legacy spurred…

Fifty years ago, the Cuyahoga River caught on fire. It wasn’t the first time this had happened. And it really didn’t become a big deal nationally until…

Trained in Aquatic Biology and Oceanography, Joseph Ortiz is a Professor of Geology at Kent State University. His research takes him all over the world as…

Starting on June 24, WKSU will begin a series of reports looking at the state of our local waterways including the Cuyahoga, Ashtabula, and Black Rivers…