DBWP 2021 Response to NEORSD Recommendation to Remove Horseshoe Lake

The Doan Brook Watershed Partnership staff and Board of Trustees support the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District’s (NEORSD) recommendation to restore the North and Middle branches of Doan Brook, in concept. Through our work and mission, we foster public education and environmental stewardship that celebrates and restores ecology in the Doan Brook Watershed. The instream and riparian habitats of the North and Middle branches can be restored to a high degree if the Horseshoe Lake dam is removed. The Doan Brook will have the opportunity to flow as it once did for over 14,000 years in this location. The details of NEORSD’s concept are forthcoming, thus we encourage NEORSD to continue answering public and stakeholder questions, hosting public forums and sharing data and information. We encourage a vision that inspires the same level of beauty, community connection and equal public access as Horseshoe Lake has provided for many years.