September 2018 - Nature Center at Shaker Lakes

Why we need to protect and preserve public lands

Why we need to protect and preserve public lands Imagine if there were no parks or places of natural beauty to escape to. What would that be like? Perhaps it would be a concrete jungle or a highway filled with congested traffic, removing resting areas for migratory birds. Perhaps it would be desolate land, stripped […]

52 things to do and see at the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes

In the 1960’s, the Shaker Parklands were threatened by the proposed Clark-Lee Freeway. The route would have gone through the Parklands, connecting Cleveland’s East Side to Downtown. Community activists banned together to save the beloved land, which so many had come to known as a place for rest and relaxation. One strategy they used to […]