April 20, 2017
Great Miami River trail users in Dayton should use caution near RiverScape MetroPark. The Miami Conservancy District (MCD) is repairing a stone wall along the levee behind the Dayton fire station at Main Street and Monument Avenue. The stone wall, which dates back to as early as the 1890s, is bulging. A concrete retaining wall …Read More
April 10, 2017
March brought an average of 4.82 inches of precipitation to the Great Miami River Watershed — 1.68 inches above average for the month. The high station was Collinsville (6.75 inches), and the low station was Fort Loramie (3.11 inches). As of March 31, the Great Miami River Watershed has received 9.81 inches of precipitation in …Read More
March 28, 2017
The Miami Conservancy District is seeking professional staff to serve as the Great Miami Riverway Coordinator. This new staff position will work with a coalition of local agencies to manage the Great Miami Riverway Placemaking Initiative. The goals of the Great Miami Riverway Placemaking Initiative are to develop and implement ongoing marketing, planning, and programming …Read More
March 27, 2017
By next summer, paddlers may be able to launch upstream of downtown Dayton and float all the way to West Carrollton without a single portage. That’s because the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is planning to remove the Tait Station low dam, near the University of Dayton Arena, this summer. Tait Station Low Dam was …Read More
February 21, 2017
RESPONSIBILITIES You may be required to operate a large wheeled walk behind mower with a 30-inch mowing deck. The machine weighs approximately 250 pounds, has an 8-horsepower engine and a hand clutch that operates in a forward direction only. It will be necessary to operate this mower at times on steep hillsides. You may be …Read More
February 15, 2017
Recent erosion in the spillways at California’s Oroville Dam has led to massive evacuations and fears of a dam failure. The Miami Conservancy District (MCD) owns five flood protection dams in the Miami Valley—Germantown, Englewood, Lockington, Taylorsville and Huffman. Could something like what’s happening at Oroville Dam happen here? It’s possible but not likely. “MCD …Read More
January 30, 2017
The Chocolate and Beer 5K and 10K are set for Saturday, Feb. 18, at 3 p.m. Presented by KeySports.
January 12, 2017
December delivered an average of 2.87 inches of precipitation to the Great Miami River Watershed — 0.19 inches below normal for the month. The high station for the month was Springfield North (3.71 inches), and the low station was Union City (1.62 inches). The Great Miami River Watershed received an average of 37.07 inches of …Read More
