The goal of the Cleveland Metroparks is to maintain a balance of 20% recreational and 80% nature preserve in all of its facilities. The Huntington Reservation, with its beach and parking facilities, has a 30-70 ratio. However, creating handicap beach access, establishing environmentally friendly parking, and replacing the WPA-era beach house will "green" the facilities. Extensive restoration of the landscape is also being planned. Evasive plant and animal species are to be eliminated along the beach bluffs, through the woods, and in Porter Creek. The re-creation of a beach-maple forest, rehabilitation of the Porter Creek floodplain, and reintroduction of Erie beach grasses along the lakefront will begin to take the 100-acre reservation back to its origins. Download Original File
