Environment Tuesday, October 6, 2009 National Park, Ohio EPA to discuss options for removing Brecksville dam Removal would make boating safer, improve fish habitat by WKSU's KAREN SCHAEFER |
![](https://archive.wksu.org/graphics/news/staff/schaefer.jpg) Reporter Karen Schaefer | |
![This dam at State Route 82 east of Brecksville was built to divert water from the Cuyahoga River into the Ohio & Erie Canal. The National Park and the Ohio EPA are looking at ways to remmove all or part of the dam and still keep water in the canal](/news/images/24192/5160_squarefeature.jpg) | This dam at State Route 82 east of Brecksville was built to divert water from the Cuyahoga River into the Ohio & Erie Canal. The National Park and the Ohio EPA are looking at ways to remmove all or part of the dam and still keep water in the canal | Courtesy of Steve Tuckerman, Ohio EPA | The Cuyahoga Valley National Park will ask for public input later this month on whether to remove or modify a dam that diverts water to a section of the Ohio & Erie Canal. |
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