ADENA BROOK COMMUNITY

Biodiversity, Clean water, Safe, Litter-free

2009 List of Tasks – DRAFT

Our mission is to protect the water supply and preserve the native plants and animals that represent the diversity of life in Adena Brook and the Overbrook Ravine Park by protecting the land and water they need to survive

1. Work monthly March through November.

Remove plants invasive to Adena Brook Ravine, plant trees, maintain Adena Brook Rain Garden, pick up litter during Second Saturday Clean – ups 9:00 AM – 11 AM. There is one exception to the second Saturday date; we’ll work on the third Saturday in April because it’s the Earth Day celebration.

March 14

Winter Litter Removal – March we focus on litter removal. Cooke Road, Indianola, High Street, and the Adena Brook woodland. Partner with Police Officer Riley/CPD to slow traffic on Cooke Rd.

April 18 – Earth Day Celebration (Note: This is the THIRD SATURDAY of the month)

Partner with Green Columbus (volunteer support).

Three tasks: Plant trees, rain garden maintenance, and garlic mustard removal.

May 9

Garlic mustard removal

Litter

June 13 – City of Columbus Riverpride

Annual Family Brook Clean-up Day + Metro Arts

Note time change: 10 – 11 AM. Pizza afterward. RSVP.

July 11

Honeysuckle removal

Litter

August 8

Honeysuckle removal

Litter

September 12

De-girdle trees of invasive vines

Litter

October 10

Honeysuckle removal.

Litter

November 14

Honeysuckle removal.

De-girdle trees

Litter

2. Install another Rain Garden on a residential property in the Adena Brook neighborhood.

3. Plant native trees.

Annual Native Tree Project – order trees from Franklin Soil and Water Conservation – Annual Sale. Plant on 4/18/09.

Plant trees on April 18th along Glenmont Avenue, in Overbrook Ravine Park. Donate a redbud tree to Glenmont Avenue neighbors as part of tree sale. Include an info sheet about planting as well as a list of native to Adena Brook tree species. Trees in Central Ohio took a severe hit due to Hurricane Ike.

4. Learn more about Adena Brook ravine issues and share information with neighbors.

Tree preservation

Impact of new City of Columbus lawn debris pick-up schedule, composting ideas, businesses that provide composting service.

Stormwater abatement: work with Mark Timbrook to gather flood issue information (from Canyon Drive) related to CIP 749 work as a first step toward possible rain garden installation by the city.

How is the City of Columbus Recreation and Parks different from Metro Parks?

West Nile Virus and ways residents can reduce WNV threat in our neighborhood.

5. Keep Storm Drains clear of litter, debris, leaves, and snow accumulation. Encourage neighbors to clear the drains on a monthly basis, perhaps on second Saturdays.

Steve Herminghausen – 2 drains at Glenmont/High Street

Jeff Beuter – drain at corner of Wynding/Glenmont

Mark and Carina Carter – drain at Wynding and Yaronia

Susan Michael Barrett – drain at Wynding and Glenmont, 2 drains just west of Wynding on Glenmont.

Cindy Westbrook – drain at Wynding and Yaronia

Heather Tranquillo – 2 drains at Glenmont and Glenmont Place

Susan Michael Barrett/Mark and Carina Carter –drains at Indianola and Overbrook Drive

John Blake, Kirsten Harris and Brian Evans – 2 drains at Sharon and Glenmont/High Street

6. Adopt a Nesting House Project (Greg Cunningham)

Install two nesting houses in the area behind the Adena Brook Rain Garden.

7. Register all Adena Brook Community Mentors so they can post on the website (Steve Herminghausen, Ellen Hoover)

8. Invite neighbors to register their properties is these programs:

City of Columbus GREENSPOT

National Wildlife Federation Backyard Conservation Program

9. Maintain communication with City staff to learn about, inform neighbors of CIPs in our neighborhood.

Projects 610749            Canyon/Glenmont Stormwater System Improvements; Columbia Gas meter and line relocations and replacements.

10. Invite continued student and teacher volunteerism from Adena Brook neighborhood schools.

Graham School – Todd Burger, teacher

Bishop Watterson High School – Will Reiss

Ongoing litter removal provides cleaner and safer (statistics prove) neighborhoods AND cleaner rivers. Keeping the highways free of litter results in a cleaner woodland and brook.

Educator Will Reiss and his students work to maintain the Adena Brook Rain Garden and adopted the area adjacent to this rain garden for ongoing invasive plant removal.

Graham School students removed litter on a regular basis from Indianola near their school and removed invasive garlic mustard on Overbrook off Indianola. Todd Burger’s class also installed a rain garden in the front yard of Graham School.

Ask Clintonville Academy to adopt an area for garlic mustard removal.

Thank you for sending us the two images of the Adena Earthwork (I’ll call it Fort Reserve, using the name given on the Indian Springs plot, or more simply the earthwork). I have superimposed the plots to more accurately place Fort Reserve (see image above). There are slight discrepancies in the two plots, particularly with the location of the unbuilt portion of Yaronia Drive South. Based on these plots, the Ravinia article (Fall 2003/Winter 2004 issue), and some local information, I’d like to make the following comments and observations:

1. The Wynding Drive subdivision (all houses on Wynding Dr) is named The Fort Reserve Subdivision, after the earthwork.

2. The Indian Springs plot shows a proposed street named Wyandotte Drive (between unbuilt Tionda Drive and Yaronia Drive South). Could this be a possible explanation why Wynding Drive is spelled with a ‘y’ — a variation of Wyandotte?

3. The Indian Springs plot shows the earthwork a bit north and slightly east of the colored circle on the GIS plot.

4. From the Ravinia description: The earthwork consisted of a 400 foot diameter circular embankment with a contiguous inner ditch in 1953 the embankment was only 2 feet high and about 17 feet wide. Within the embankment were two mounds.  The first, near the SSE edge of the earthwork was 6 feet high and 60 feet in diameter. The second, near the NNE edge of the earthwork contained a burial site and a circle of post holes about 40 feet in diameter.

5. From my examination of the Ravinia diagram, I believe that the northern mound was about 60 feet in diameter and the southern mound was smaller, about 30 feet in diameter.

6. The superimposed plots show the embankment center located a few feet north of where the driveway of 4017 meets Wynding Drive (I’ll use house numbers to avoid confusion; all addresses are on Wynding Drive).

7. The center of the southern mound is on the SE corner of 3999, about 15 feet from the curb line.

8. The center of the northern mound is in the front yard of 4032, about  6 feet east of the large boulder on the curb.

9. The opening of the earthwork appears to be located in the back yard of 4029 and slightly north to 4039. This concerns me, since the terrain drops off very steeply in this yard 20 to 30 feet into the ravine. I assume that the earthwork would be located entirely on the high ground (on nearly level terrain).  For this reason, I wonder if the true location of the earthwork might be 15 to 30 feet east of the plotted location. This would place the opening on more level ground (near the rear walls of 4029 and 4039).

10. The terrain covered by the earthwork is now extremely level (varying by only a foot or two). Much of the leveling could be recent, resulting from grading during the construction in the mid-1950′s. For example, a mature red oak tree in front of 4029 grows from a 2 foot deep tree well, suggesting that the front yard was raised by that amount.

I am interested in any comments you may have.

Tom Tucker

Amy Dutt just sent this map that shows the location of the Indian Burial Mound on Wynding. 

Susan,

At 4:04 this afternoon I received a call from the City’s real estate office to inform us that a film crew is planning to be working in Overbrook Ravine starting Saturday morning – tomorrow.  I have no information beyond this.  CRPD was not contacted until just now.  I was told they have a contract with the City through the Mayor’s Office and they’ve been going to different locations for their film.  So.  If you notice some strange activity, this might explain it…Since tomorrow is your last Clean Up for the year, you’ll probably see the crew out there. 

I am hoping all goes well.

Maureen
Columbus Recreation and Parks 
1111 E. Broad St. 
Columbus, OH  43205