The Little Cuyahoga River Conservancy (LCRC) shall raise awareness of the beauty and potential of the Little Cuyahoga River and its tributaries and generate public support for the protection of our river, its natural, recreational, ecological, and aesthetic resources and features.

• Work toward establishing a continuous physical link along or near the river
• Encourage establishment of improved public access
• Encourage preservation of existing natural areas and perhaps create more
• Restore degraded banks
• Develop educational programs to interpret ecological, historical, and recreational resources along our river
• Invigorate East and North Akron communities
• Strengthen neighborhoods near the Little Cuyahoga

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• Hosted four forgotten waterfall tours
• Hosted oxbow wetland and Camp Brook Ravine tour
• Closed illegal dump site along river
• Working with community government and corporate neighborhoods, sponsoring River Art Fest in late Summer '99
• Collaborating with the Canal Corridor Coalition and Friends of Crooked River and Yellow Creek
• Coordinated efforts with East Akron Community House and Board of Trade
• Collaborating with Summit Soil and Water Conservation
• Involved in a bank restoration project
• U.S. Army Corporation on a wetland project
• EPA on the Greenery Project

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Cuyahoga River Community Planning Group

MetroParks

Ohio & Erie Canal Corridor Coalition

Ohio Environmental Council

Friends of the Crooked River

Summit Soil and Water Conservation Districy

Sierra Club

Audubon Society

Crown Point

Western Reserve Land Conservancy

Duck and Otter Creeks Partnership

Kent Environment Council

Ohio Wild Life Center

The Trust for Public Land

The Nature Center of Shaker Lakes

The Ohio Erie Canal Coalition

Rails to Trails Conservancy

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