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	Naming where we are When we began our first issue of EcoCity Cleveland with the following words: Start by erasing the artificial lines on the map. Block out all the human-drawn boundariescity limits, county lines, census tracts, roads. Then look at what's leftthe land, water, plants, wildlife, peopleand think again about where you live. What is your home territory on the planet? What's your bioregion? Since then, we have been asking subscribers to include their bioregional name on their subscription coupons. (We then put it on mailing labels so they actually get mail addressed to their bioregion.) Periodically, we like to publish the list of these bioregional names. We think the names tell a lot about life in Northeast Ohio. Some of the names are serious; others are whimsical or sarcastic. Some define very small areas (the creek in the backyard); others names are expansive (the Great Lakes basin). But whatever the motivation, each name is a personal declaration of what's special about this place on the planet. Here are some of our current favorites: 1870 Farm House w/ Condos Bioregion Akron Audubon Bioregion Allegheny Escarpment Bioregion Amish-Turf Bioregion Appalachia Bioregion Appalachian Escarpment Appalachian Foothills Appalachian Plateau Bioregion Asphalt Jungle Bioregion Asphalt-Forest Edge Bioregion At the Edge of Sprawl Beaver Creek Flood Plain Beech-Maple Forest Bioregion Belvoir Creek Watershed Big Creek Watershed Biosphere Bioregion Black River Watershed Black Swamp Bioregion Bluffs O'er the Mills Bioregion Broadway Neighborhood Bioregion Brown Squirrel Bioregion Buckeye & Lilac Bioregion Cain Park Ravine Bioregion Canesadooharie Bioregion Cedar-Lee Highlands Center of the Heights Bioregion Central Ohio Farm/Wilderness Area Chagrin River Bioregion Chagrin Valley Bioregion Chaotic Montrose Bioregion Clay 'n Weeds Bioregion Crooked River Bioregion Cultural Ignorance Bioregion Cuyahoga Basin/Lake Erie Shores Cuyahoga Bioregion Cuyahoga Highrise Bioregion Cuyahoga River Watershed Cuyahoga/Black/Rocky Bioregion Cuyahoga/Euclid Creek Divide Cuyahoga/Lake Erie Bioregion Cuyahoga/N.E. Ohio Bioregion Cuyahoga/Tinkers Creek Divide Deciduous Arbors Bioregion Disturbed Area Bioregion Doan Brook Watershed Doan Brook/Cuyahoga Bioregion Downtown Bioregion Dugway Brook Watershed Eastern Arabica Bioregion Eastern Deciduous Bioregion Eastern Inner Ring - Cleveland Bioregion Eastern Temperate Postglacial Bioregion Ecological Crossroads Bioregion Ecological Literacy Bioregion EcoVillage Bioregion Edge of Rocky River Bioregion Edgewater/Cuyahoga Bioregion Erie Bioregion Erie Edge Bioregion Erie Shore Bioregion Erie Shores Bioregion Erie-Cuyahoga Bioregion Erie/Ontario Lake Plain Euclid Avenue Runoff Bioregion Euclid Creek Watershed Flat Lake Plain of Berea Flatlands of the West Bioregion Foothills of Appalachia Bioregion Forest Hill Watershed Fragmented Mesophytic Forest Free Cuyahoga Bioregion Fresh Water & Sunshine Bioregion Frontier of Sprawl Bioregion Geauga Highlands Geauga Maple Syrup Region Glacial Moraine Bioregion Glacial Potholes Bioregion Glaciated Great Lakes Plain Glaciated Plateau Bioregion Grand River Valley Grand-Chagrin Bioregion Grand/Erie Shores Bioregion Great Black Swamp Bioregion Great Lakes Basin Great Lakes Bioregion Great Lakes Watershed Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Bioregion Gull, Goose and Grebe Gathering Place Habitat Bioregion Hawthorn Heaven Bioregion Headwaters Bioregion Height's Edge Bioregion Hemlock Ravine Bioregion Hiram Lobe Bioregion Holden Arboretum Subregion Homo Sapien High Density Bioregion Hudson Bioregion Impermeable Bioregion Industrial-Cuyahoga River East Inner-Ring Burbs Bioregion Killbuck Watershed Lake Cliffs Bioregion Lake Effect Bioregion Lake Erie Basin Lake Erie Bioregion Lake Erie Central Temperate Bioregion Lake Erie Coast Lake Erie Lacustrine Plain Lake Erie South Shore Lake Erie Watershed Lake Erie/Ohio Bioregion Lake Erie/Our Gift Bioregion Lake Kelso Lowlands Lake Plain Bioregion Lakelands Bioregion Lakeshore Bikeway Bioregion Lakeshore Bioregion Lakeview Bioregion Lakewood Bioregion Land O' Lake and Wetlands Land of the Eternal Gray Skies Lawn Chemical Region Lip of the Appalachian Plateau Little Creek/Big Creek/Cuyahoga River Little Cuyahoga Valley LTV's Shadow Mahoning Bioregion Mahoning Valley Bioregion Medina County Bioregion Mentor Mall Sprawl Bioregion Mentor Marsh Bioregion Mentor/Lake/Northeast Ohio Bioregion Mid-Cuyahoga River Bioregion Middle Cuyahoga Bioregion Midwest Plains Bioregion Mill Creek Watershed Mismanaged NE Ohio Bioregion Mohican Deer-Turkey-Mushroom Bioregion Mountains Meet the Plains Bioregion My Organic & Wild Base Camp Bioregion Near West Lakeshore Bioregion Near West Side Bioregion Next To The Brooklyn Landfill Nine-Mile Creek Bioregion North Central Till Plain Eco-region North Coast Bioregion North Coast Forest City Bioregion North End of Appalachian Plateau Northeast Ohio Bioregion Norway Maple/Honey Locust/Yew Bioregion NW Ohio Black Swamp Turf Bioregion Ohio & Erie Canal Corridor Ohio & Erie Heritage Corridor Ohio Bioregion Ohio Canal Corridor Bioregion Ohio-Erie Summit Old Field Community Bioregion Old Shoreline Bioregion On the Banks of an Urban Stream On the Banks of the Black River Organic Bioregon Parking Lot Drainage Basin Pesticide-Free Bioregion Planet Earth Bioregion Plum Creek Watershed Pollutionville Bioregion Portage County Bioregion Portage Escarpment Bioregion Portage Lakes Bioregion Porter Creek Watershed Post-Blast Furnace Bioregion Post-Glacial Clay Patch Bioregion Precious and Limited Bioregion Proliferative Building Bioregion Realtor Bioregion Recovering Rubber City Bioregion Reforesting Farmlands Bioregion Rehabilitated Ex-Farm Bioregion Rock & Roll Region Rocky River Bioregion Rocky River Bluff Region Rocky River Cliffs Bioregion Rocky River Shores Bioregion Rocky River Watershed Scenic Rivers Bioregion Semi-Urban Suburb Bioregion Severance Asphalt Bioregion Shaker Lakes Bioregion Silver Creek Watershed Skyscraper Bioregion Slimy Salamander Sanctuary Snow Belt Bioregion South Erie Shore Bioregion South Lake Erie Bioregion South of Lorain Bioregion South Shore Basin Bioregion Southeastern Erie Bioregion Southern Cusp of the Metroparks Sprawlopia Bioregion Squirrel/Sparrow Urban Bioregion Start of the Appalachian Plateau Still Farm Country Bioregion Sub-Great Lakes Bioregion Suburban Forest Bioregion Suburban Sprawl Bioregion Tamarak Bioregion Temperate Rainforest Bioregion The Bog Bioregion The Burbs Bioregion The City Bioregion The Sprawl Frontier The Sprawling Edge Bioregion Three Rivers Headwaters Tinkers Creek Gorge Highlands Tinkers Creek Watershed Transit Friendly Bioregion Tree-Planting City Trumbull-Mahoning Bioregion Turtle Island Bioregion University Circle Bioregion Unrealized Potential Bioregion Upper Cuyahoga Bioregion Urban Bioregion Urban Jungle Bioregion Urban Lakeshore Bioregion Urban Near West Side Bioregion Urban Oasis Bioregion Urban Wilds Bioregion Urban-Cement Bioregion Urban/Rural Symbiot Zone Walworth Run Bioregion Was a Cornfield Russia Twp Bioregion Wayne-Ashland-Medina Bioregion West of the Wasteland Bioregion Western Reserve Biodiversity Westshore/River Bioregion Wetlands Bioregion White Picket Fence Suburbia Woody Plants of the Western Basin Bioregion Zebra-Musclepotamia Bioregion ...and the Place with the Tulip Trees, Trillium and Wild Ginger. Back to top EcoCity Cleveland 3500 Lorain Avenue, Suite 301, Cleveland OH 44113 Cuyahoga Bioregion (216) 961-5020 www.ecocitycleveland.org Copyright 2002-2003		Back to main Bioregional Plan What's a bioregion? Our bioregional names Glacial legacies Maps of natural features Beech-maple woods in Geauga County The naming of something is a sacred act. A name confers meaning and power. It separates out something from the blinding confusion of the world and makes it special in human eyes. That is why we should think carefully about what we call our home. As we define our home territory, we develop a unique sense of place and learn how to live in that place.