Natural Systems

The Cuyahoga Valley hosts extraordinary natural diversity, modified by centuries of
human activity and industrial development of hte Valley. From its early twentieth century
roots as one of the centers of industrial America the Cuyahoga Valley is reinventing itself
with regional initiatives to instigate a restorative commons integrating the natural and
human systems.

Sustainable Land transformations harmonize the ecological impact of land transformation
and balance a sustainable portfolio of ecological services supporting biota of the regional
watersheds. From simple empirical correlations of urban lnaduse and stream degradation,
the complex interactions of stream ecosystems with with landscape mosaic define the
coupled dynamic system through which human modification of hte landscape alters,
degrades, and can sustain natural systems.