Join Doan Brook Watershed Partnership and Dr. Roy Larick of Bluestone Heights for a virtual tour of several, local Lake Erie estuaries.

Lake Erie’s surface level has risen naturally for several thousand years. As a result, small shoreline ravines have been inundated to form drowned valley estuaries. At these important habitats, lake and stream waters mix and local ecology is diversified. Most small estuaries on Lake Erie’s shoreline have been filled in but two survive in Bratenahl: those of Dugway and Nine Mile creeks. While we had hoped to visit these concealed confluences via a bike tour in June, our video allows you to explore estuarine Bratenahl without breaking a sweat, or shuffling through poison ivy, or swatting mosquitoes! More importantly, together, we will learn about the unique geology, ecology and conservation efforts focused on these priority watershed sites.

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