Euclid Eco-Greenways
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In five SlideShares, Restoring the Pulse of Nature in Euclid presents two goals for stormwater Integrated Planning in Euclid, Ohio: a) Revive the natural regulation of stormwater at relatively low cost and high community benefit. b) Reconnect fragmented natural habitat areas as a means to build local biodiversity and natural capital. SS#4, Euclid Eco-Greenways, demonstrates how urban shrinkage can help restore the natural pulse of Euclid watersheds. Eco-Greenways use vacated land to link bioretention facilities. Greenways are based upon re-emergent ghost watershed features. Linked ghosts indicate complementary locations for new green stormwater infrastructure. In linking bioretention, eco-greenway helps reconnect fragmented habitats and diversify watershed ecology. The five SlideShares: 1) Streams into Sewers: http://www.slideshare.net/roylarick/150307-1-streams-into-sewers 2) Initial Green Solutions: http://www.slideshare.net/roylarick/euclid-initial-green-solutions 3) Integrated Planning: http://www.slideshare.net/roylarick/euclid-integrated-green-plan 4) Eco-Greenways: http://www.slideshare.net/roylarick/euclid-bioretention-greenways 5) Euclid Ecology Unit: http://www.slideshare.net/roylarick/150324-euclid-ecology-unit
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- 1. Restoring the Pulse 1) Streams into Sewers City of Euclid boundary Google Earth aerial viewer © 2015 Bluestone Heights Bluestone Heights bluestoneheights.org 2) Initial Green Solutions 3) Integrated Planning of Nature in Euclid 4) Eco-Greenways Bluestone Heights Roy Larick 5) Euclid Ecology Unit Overview In five SlideShares, Restoring the Pulse presents two goals for stormwater Integrated Planning in Euclid, Ohio: • Revive the natural regulation of stormwater at relatively low cost and high community benefit. • Reconnect fragmented natural habitat areas as a means to build local biodiversity and natural capital.
- 2. Restoring the Pulse Building Greenways Plain Escarpment EG types CSO Terrace Eco-Greenways help consolidate lost ecological function in diminished urban watersheds. Greenways are defined upon ghost water features as they lie on current or emergent greenspace. Greenways link ghost features with each other and with nearby new bioinfiltration installations. The beauty is that greenways regroup bioinfiltration features, old and new. Greenways are new channels that generally cut across abandoned stream courses. LillyCreek BabbittRun Creek5 BurkRun Salt Run FrissellRun City of Euclid boundary Google Earth aerial viewer © 2015 Bluestone Heights Euclid Eco-Greenways Link isolated infiltration features
- 3. Eco-Greenways Eco-Greenways Connect habitat islands Infiltrate stormwater Increase habitat richness Raise species diversity Link public green spaces bluff hills Reforest Extend wetlands Restore streambeds Stabilize slopes Restore streambeds Eradicate invasive species Expand water bodies Provide non-motorized transit channels Restoring the Pulse CityofEuclid face Greenway construction tasks © 2015 Bluestone Heights 3) Integrated Planning Southeast Eco-Greenways regroup fragmented natural features and habitats through bioinfiltration. In linking habitat islands we can increase natural capital as an asset for the future. To review the ecological argument ... Euclid Stormwater Integrated Plan bluff plain terrace bioswale CSO catchment surface stream buried stream storm sewer escarpment ravine
- 4. Restoring the Pulse Building Greenways Plain Escarpment EG types CSO Terrace Euclid Eco-Greenways Link isolated infiltration features LillyCreek BabbittRun Creek5 BurkRun Salt Run FrissellRun City of Euclid boundary Google Earth aerial viewer © 2015 Bluestone Heights Eco-greenways are based upon ‘natural capital parcels’, properties with current or potential bioinfiltration and linking functions. The following slides identify the major existing and potential natural capital parcel types: Escarpment face woodlands Priority CSO catchments Public & private green spaces
- 5. Priority CSO catchments are Euclid’s first focus for managing stormwater as a resource. The trouble is that CSO catchments have few ghost water features and they have heavy investment in traditional lawn landscaping. Nevertheless, CSO catchments must be considered as primary natural capital landscapes. Here, if we can create new means to grow natural capital as well as regulate stormwater, a green model will emerge for the rest of the city. Priority CSO catchments LillyCreek BabbittRun Creek5 BurkRun City of Euclid boundary © 2015 Bluestone Heights Restoring the Pulse Building Greenways Salt Run FrissellRun Google Earth aerial viewer natural capital parcel types
- 6. Along the escarpment face, Euclid possesses a continuous band of dense woodland. While it narrows in a couple of places, the band stretches from Cleveland (west) to Wickliffe (east). Escarpment face woodlands natural capital parcel typesLillyCreek BabbittRun Creek5 BurkRun City of Euclid boundary © 2015 Bluestone Heights Restoring the Pulse Building Greenways Salt Run FrissellRun Google Earth aerial viewer The woodland band exists only in that the escarpment face is too steep for traditional building methods. In recent times, some larger parcels have come to the County Land Bank and the City. The woodland band is the most ecologically significant landscape in Euclid. We don’t need to ‘green’ it, we must just maintain its integrity.
- 7. Together, the City of Euclid and the Euclid School District own hundreds of acres with excellent greenway potential. Most of the larger parks (Memorial, Briardale, Sims and Euclid) lie on the lake plain. On the terrace, commercial interests hold scores of acres with very good greenway potential. The terrace greenspace holds several segments of surface streams and may ghost surface areas of buried streams. Greenways do not demand public access, private holdings are entirely appropriate for bioinfiltration functions. Public & private green spaces natural capital parcel typesLillyCreek BabbittRun Creek5 BurkRun City of Euclid boundary © 2015 Bluestone Heights Restoring the Pulse Building Greenways Salt Run FrissellRun Google Earth aerial viewer
- 8. With basic natural capital parcels in place, we turn to the ghost water features. These are the particular places at which bioinfiltration can be quickly improved. Ghost features are identified on three criteria: --inward draining basin --location upon a buried stream course --within or near a natural capital parcel Defining Greenways Ghost water features Preliminary fieldwork has identified nearly 40 ghost features. Dedicated search will bring many more. LillyCreek BabbittRun Creek5 BurkRun City of Euclid boundary © 2015 Bluestone Heights Restoring the Pulse Building Greenways Salt Run FrissellRun Google Earth aerial viewer
- 9. What does a small privately-owned ghost water feature/bioinfiltration basin look like? Check out Stevenson’s on Creek 5 CSO 20 CSO 07 CSO 12 CSO 06 CSO 09 Sims Park Euclid Park Briardale Greens Forest Park School St Robert Shore CityofEuclidboundary Google Earth aerial viewer © 2015 Bluestone Heights Restoring the Pulse Building Greenways
- 10. 15’ 0 15’ 11.5’ 8.5’ drain man- hole culvert (3’ dia) profile view plan view 2.0’ E238thSt N EuclidCityPlumbing Stevenson’s Creek 5 bioinfiltration basin © 2015 Bluestone Heights Restoring the Pulse Building Greenways
- 11. Defining Greenways Ghost water features Linear connections among ghost features are quite evident. In linking the ghosts, we find four types of eco- greenways ... LillyCreek BabbittRun Creek5 BurkRun City of Euclid boundary © 2015 Bluestone Heights Restoring the Pulse Building Greenways Salt Run FrissellRun Google Earth aerial viewer
- 12. greenway types The escarpment face woodland greenway is self evident. The black line follows the Escarpment Greenway from border to border. As the streams here are generally open, there are few ghost features. Escarpment As they are dispersed across the city, the priority CSO catchments have little inherent natural linkage. Nevertheless, CSOs 06, 7/12, 09 and 22 lie close enough together to attempt a greenway (white line). A CSO greenway can enhance community buy-in to the green sub- catchment projects. CSO LillyCreek BabbittRun Creek5 BurkRun City of Euclid boundary © 2015 Bluestone Heights Restoring the Pulse Building Greenways Escarpment EG types CSO Salt Run FrissellRun Google Earth aerial viewer
- 13. Terrace The St Clair Terrace has many high potential ghost water features. Most could be enhanced for bioinfiltration without compromise to commerce. The terrace has many acres of the old industrial facility lawns. If these were replanted with native species, Terrace Greenways could achieve a high degree of ecological function. LillyCreek BabbittRun Creek5 BurkRun City of Euclid boundary © 2015 Bluestone Heights Restoring the Pulse Building Greenways Escarpment EG types CSO Terrace Salt Run FrissellRun Google Earth aerial viewer greenway types
- 14. Plain The lake plain also has many ghost features. Some are landlocked within residential neighborhoods. Still, these are ripe for bioinfiltration enhancement by individual owners or neighborhood associations. As such the Plain Greenways have great potential to build community interest and benefits in residential areas. LillyCreek BabbittRun Creek5 BurkRun City of Euclid boundary © 2015 Bluestone Heights Restoring the Pulse Building Greenways Plain Escarpment EG types CSO Terrace Salt Run FrissellRun Google Earth aerial viewer greenway types
- 15. LillyCreek BabbittRun Creek5 BurkRun City of Euclid boundary © 2015 Bluestone Heights Connecting old and new To review, eco-greenways are based on finding lost ecological features in new green contexts. BG’s thus search for ghost water features in re-emergent natural capital parcels. Once established, eco-greenways can serve to focus the placement of new green stormwater installations. Some new facilities can be built on the ghost features, others can use the larger greenway as a location focus. In sum, the greenway goal is to find the best places to expand and link ecological function in Euclid’s reemerging green places. Restoring the Pulse Building Greenways Plain Escarpment EG types CSO Terrace Salt Run FrissellRun Google Earth aerial viewer
- 16. Connecting beyond … Euclid eco-greenways can probably help improve the Eastside Greenway plan. Euclid LillyCreek BabbittRun Creek5 BurkRun City of Euclid boundary © 2015 Bluestone Heights Restoring the Pulse Building Greenways Salt Run FrissellRun Google Earth aerial viewer
- 17. Public Presentation Euclid Public Library June 10, 2015 City of Euclid boundary Google Earth aerial viewer © 2015 Bluestone Heights Restoring the Pulse 1) Streams into Sewers Bluestone Heights bluestoneheights.org 2) Initial Green Solutions 3) Integrated Planning of Nature in Euclid 4) Eco-Greenways 5) Euclid Ecology Unit
- 18. Roy Larick Walk back in time Look to the Future Bluestone Heights © 2015 Bluestone Heights A production by bluestoneheights.org roylarick@gmail.com Euclid bluestone outcrop Doan Brook, Cleveland OHR. Larick