ROCKY RIVER WATERSHED CHAMPIONS PROGRAM

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Be a CHAMPION for the Rocky Watershed - Earn a SIGN for your Yard to show your support!

Rocky River Watershed Champion Yard Sign

In which city or township do you live? *

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Choose at least three actions you will take in your yard to protect the Rocky River watershed: *

SHRINK your lawn by using native plants, shrubs and trees instead

REMOVE non-native, invasive shrubs and plants

REPLACE NON-NATIVES SHRUBS and flowers with native plants to provide food and habitat for wildlife

LEAVE your leaves: compost, mulch, or use the leaves in garden beds

SAVE WATER by not watering your lawn

REDUCE POLLUTION by mowing with non-gasoline powered tools

KEEP OUT CHEMICALS - Wash your car on the lawn or at the car wash

KEEP OUT NUTRIENTS - Only fertilize after a soil test- and use organic fertilizers when you must

KEEP OUT PESTICIDES - Spot treat with pesticides only when a problem is found. Even better use boiling water or natural solutions instead!

REMOVE PAVEMENT and replace it with permeable pavement or a planted area

BUILD A RAIN GARDEN (Check with your community to ensure that a rain garden is allowed at your residence first)

INSTALL A RAIN BARREL (Check with your community to determine if permits are needed)

LEAVE A 25 FOOT BUFFER of long rooted plants along your stream (don’t mow to the edge of the stream)

ADD PLANTS to the edge of stream and bare banks with native groundcovers, shrubs, trees, and flowers

KEEP CLIPPINGS OUT of the stream- never dump grass or leaves in Rocky River

INSPECT and MAINTAIN your septic system regularly

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Choose at least one action you will take in your community to help the Rocky River watershed: *

BECOME A MEMBER of Rocky River Watershed Council (https://www.myrockyriver.org/)

JOIN OR LEAD a Rocky River Watershed Council Committee

TELL YOUR NEIGHBORS what you are doing for Rocky River

DISPLAY your Rocky River CHAMPION SIGN proudly

TELL YOUR CITY or TOWNSHIP HALL what you are doing as a CHAMPION

LOBBY your Home Owners Association to use better practices

VOLUNTEER at Rocky River Watershed stream clean-ups

VOLUNTEER to help maintain public rain gardens in Rocky River Watershed communities

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