News
News Home
The Regina Brett Show
Quick Bites
Exploradio
News Archive
News Channel
Special Features
NPR
nowplaying
On AirNewsClassical
Loading...
  
Weather
From WKYC.COM / TV 3
School Closings
WKSU Support
Funding for WKSU is made possible in part through support from the following businesses and organizations.

Hospice of the Western Reserve

NOCHE

Metro RTA


For more information on how your company or organization can support WKSU, download the WKSU Media Kit.

(WKSU Media Kit PDF icon )


Donate Your Vehicle to WKSU

Programs Schedule Make A Pledge Member BenefitsFAQ/HelpContact Us
Environment


Dike 14 nearer to opening
Nature has converted a dredging dump into a unique part of the Lake Erie shoreline
by WKSU's KEVIN NIEDERMIER


Reporter
Kevin Niedermier
 
Google maps is already renaming Dike 14 as the "Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve"
Courtesy of GOOGLE MAPS

The public will be able to explore a unique area of the Lake Erie shoreline beginning perhaps as early as this summer.

Today (wed), a Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority committee took the first step to open up the Dike 14 Nature Preserve. Nature lovers have been clamoring for years for access to site about four miles east of downtown Cleveland. 

The nearly 90-acre peninsula started as a place for the city to dump dredged silt.  For the last decade, it’s been fenced-off to the public, and   Port Authority President William Friedman says nature has transformed it.

Friedman on the evolution of Dike 14

Other options:
Windows Media / MP3 Download (0:19)


Friedman says the Port Authority’s full board is expected to approve opening Dike 14 at its May 18th meeting.  No specific opening date has been set, but Friedman says it will probably open for  just a few days a week at first.  He hopes Cleveland Metroparks or the Ohio Department of Natural Resources will run the site.
(Click image for larger view.)

File photo Dec. 2007
File photo Dec. 2007
File photo Dec. 2007
File photo Dec. 2007
File photo Dec. 2007

Related WKSU Stories

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Public meetings to reveal results of environmental assessments of Dike 14

Friday, March 9, 2007

Dike 14 Spared From New Round of River Dredging

Add Your Comment
Name:

Location:

E-mail: (not published, only used to contact you about your comment)


Comments:




 
Page Options

Print this page

E-Mail this page / Send mp3

Share on Facebook




Stories with Recent Comments

How many airports does Ohio need, and how many can it afford?
HI, ACTUALLY I NEED A AIRPORT NEAR BY FINDLAY UNIVERSITY IN OHIO

Ohio gay rights organizations argue over timing of a marriage amendment
Ian James and his group are jumping the gun and acting selfishly IMO. Timing IS everything on an issue. Put it on the ballot BEFORE there's multiple polls showi...

Ohio Supreme Court to rule whether benefits count in child support
This person is the director of a non-profit that is closely connected with a for profit business. The abuses of so called "non-profit" businesses is out of cont...

Ohio senator wants a five-year database of casino customer photos
Nice timing Coley, in the wake of the Verizon data collection fiasco. You just flipped a lifelong Republican to Independent. What is happening to our country? ...

Ohio tea party members prepare to sue the IRS
All Tea Party members should be involved in lawsuit against Government for eavesdropping, intimidation and character assasination!

Ohio Senate's unrecorded voting process raises questions
This type of voting strikes me as down right unconstitutional AND very un-American...quite similar to what one expects in eastern block countries of Europe and ...

Goodyear celebrates new global headquarters in Akron
Good news for Akron and Northeast Ohio. Another opportunity to keep some of the high tech qualified young engineers close to home.

Akron's push for food-labeling part of a national movement
I couldn't believe my ears, so I looked up the text. Sure enough, you really did say the following: "GMOs are ... seeds that have been genetically engineered b...

Ohio considers guns and God and public schools
Rep. Patmon is making the mistake that many people make: that belief in god and belief in religion are the same. They are not. If fact, the "founding fathers"...

Ohio House hears testimony for two "Right to Work" bills that are likely dead
I attended this hearing and received approval from the chairman to record audio. What happened when the applause erupted was that Rep Schuring threatened to cal...

Copyright © 2013 WKSU Public Radio, All Rights Reserved.

 
In Partnership With:

NPR PRI Kent State University

listen in windows media format listen in realplayer format Car Talk Hosts: Tom & Ray Magliozzi Fresh Air Host: Terry Gross A Service of Kent State University 89.7 WKSU | NPR.Classical.Other smart stuff. NPR Senior Correspondent: Noah Adams Living on Earth Host: Steve Curwood 89.7 WKSU | NPR.Classical.Other smart stuff. A Service of Kent State University