Lake Erie Spatial Project Inventory (Huron-Erie Corridor)

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Huron-Erie Corridor Habitat-Related Project Inventory

Click on a region of the map or a link below to view a spatial inventory of projects in that region.

By Watershed:

Cedar Creek - Clinton - Detroit - Lake St. Clair - Lower Thames - St. Clair - Syndenham - Upper Thames

By Waterbody:

Detroit River - Lake St. Clair - St. Clair River

By Watershed

Cedar Creek

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency / Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	Lake St. Clair Canadian Watershed Technical Report: An Examination of Current Conditions	Rehabilitation Strategies (workshops, working groups, tools development)	Syndenham, Lower Thames, Cedar Creek, Upper Thames	n/a	Lake St. Clair watershed	Complete	EC / OMNR, OMOE, UTRCA, ERCA, STRCA, OMAF, LTVCA, DFO, CWS, CCG, Walpole Island First Nation		Reference #8	R. Drouin, Lake Erie Management Unit, OMNR, 659 Exeter Road, London, ON N6E 1L3	http://www.scrca.on.ca/
1		Description: Provides basis from which future management recommendations and actions can be developed.
2	Huron-Erie Corridor Habitat Assessment	Rehabilitation Strategies (workshops, working groups, tools development)	St. Clair, Upper Thames, Syndenham, Lower Thames, Lake St. Clair, Clinton, Detroit, Cedar Creek	St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River	St. Clair River, St. Clair Delta, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River, Western Basin Lake Erie	Complete	Ohio State University, University of Windsor / G.L. Millennium Network - bi-national project team, MDNR, DFO, U.S. EPA, NWRI - multiple binational partners		Reference #10	S. Mackey, Habitat Solutions, Beach Park, IL 60087
2	Huron-Erie Corridor Habitat Assessment	Description: This project will create a framework and design a process to systematically identify, coordinate, and implement aquatic and fish habitat restoration opportunities in the Lake Huron to Lake Erie Corridor (Huron-Erie Corridor, HEC) within a context of water level change resulting from direct anthropogenic hydromodification and/or long-term effects of global climate change.
3	Windsor Soft Shoreline Project	Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies	Cedar Creek	n/a	Shoreline and	Beginning Summer 2006 to completion; Ongoing	OMNR & City of Windsor / EC-GLLFAS	Shoreline structure			Rich Drouin; rich.drouin@ontario.ca
3	Windsor Soft Shoreline Project	Description: Bulkhead removal and activities associated with reversing hardening of shoreline. In association with Lake St. Clair nearshore and small embayment recovery projects.

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Clinton

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency / Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	Clinton River Watershed Assessment	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	Clinton	n/a	Tributary to Lake St. Clair	Completed	MDNR			J. Francis, Southfield DNR Office, 26000 W. Eight Mile Rd, Southfield, MI 48034	http://www.crwc.org/programs/programs.html
1	Clinton River Watershed Assessment	Description: Assessment of landscapes, fisheries, and aquatic habitats in the river's watershed providing a comprehensive reference for all resource management applications.
2	St. Clair River - Lake St. Clair Comprehensive Management Plan	Rehabilitation Strategies (workshops, working groups, tools development)	St. Clair, Lake St. Clair, Clinton	St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair	primarily US portion of the Lake St. Clair basin	Complete	Great Lakes Commission		Reference #9		http://www.lre.usace.army.mil
2		Description: Development of a comprehensive management plan to identify causes and sources of environmental degradation, address biological and chemical contamination, disseminate information, provide recommendations for future restoration measures
3	Lake St. Clair Coastal Habitat Restoration and Conservation	Rehabilitation Strategies (workshops, working groups, tools development)	Lake St. Clair, Clinton, Syndenham, Lower Thames, Cedar Creek	n/a	Lake St. Clair	Complete	Michigan Dept. Natural Resources / GLC, NOAA, Michigan Natural Features Inventory, MDNR
3	Lake St. Clair Coastal Habitat Restoration and Conservation	Description: The Great Lakes Commission, in cooperation with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is undertaking a project to characterize Lake St. Clair's coastal habitat and develop a restoration and conservation plan based on that characterization. The Great Lakes Commission is the principal cooperator with NOAA and will work cooperatively with various other project partners to gather data and information about Lake St. Clair coastal habitat and incorporate that information into a digital information resource.
4	Huron-Erie Corridor Habitat Assessment	Rehabilitation Strategies (workshops, working groups, tools development)	St. Clair, Upper Thames, Syndenham, Lower Thames, Lake St. Clair, Clinton, Detroit, Cedar Creek	St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River	St. Clair River, St. Clair Delta, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River, Western Basin Lake Erie	Complete	Ohio State University, University of Windsor / G.L. Millennium Network - bi-national project team, MDNR, DFO, U.S. EPA, NWRI - multiple binational partners		Reference #10	S. Mackey, Habitat Solutions, Beach Park, IL 60087
4	Huron-Erie Corridor Habitat Assessment	Description: This project will create a framework and design a process to systematically identify, coordinate, and implement aquatic and fish habitat restoration opportunities in the Lake Huron to Lake Erie Corridor (Huron-Erie Corridor, HEC) within a context of water level change resulting from direct anthropogenic hydromodification and/or long-term effects of global climate change.

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Detroit

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency / Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	Rouge River Watershed Assessment	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	Detroit	n/a	Tributary to the Detroit River	Completed	MDNR			J. Baunscheidel MDNR-Fisheries 248-359-9048	www.michigandnr.com/publications/pdfs/ifr/ifrlibra/special/reports/sr22/sr22.pdf
1	Rouge River Watershed Assessment	Description: Assessment of landscapes, fisheries, and aquatic habitats in the river's watershed providing a comprehensive reference for all resource management applications.
2	Huron-Erie Corridor Habitat Assessment	Rehabilitation Strategies (workshops, working groups, tools development)	St. Clair, Upper Thames, Syndenham, Lower Thames, Lake St. Clair, Clinton, Detroit, Cedar Creek	St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River	St. Clair River, St. Clair Delta, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River, Western Basin Lake Erie	Complete	Ohio State University, University of Windsor / G.L. Millennium Network - bi-national project team, MDNR, DFO, U.S. EPA, NWRI - multiple binational partners		Reference #10	S. Mackey, Habitat Solutions, Beach Park, IL 60087
2	Huron-Erie Corridor Habitat Assessment	Description: This project will create a framework and design a process to systematically identify, coordinate, and implement aquatic and fish habitat restoration opportunities in the Lake Huron to Lake Erie Corridor (Huron-Erie Corridor, HEC) within a context of water level change resulting from direct anthropogenic hydromodification and/or long-term effects of global climate change.

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Lake St. Clair

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency / Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	St. Clair River - Lake St. Clair Comprehensive Management Plan	Rehabilitation Strategies (workshops, working groups, tools development)	St. Clair, Lake St. Clair, Clinton	St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair	primarily US portion of the Lake St. Clair basin	Complete	Great Lakes Commission		Reference #9		http://www.lre.usace.army.mil
1		Description: Development of a comprehensive management plan to identify causes and sources of environmental degradation, address biological and chemical contamination, disseminate information, provide recommendations for future restoration measures
2	Lake St. Clair Coastal Habitat Restoration and Conservation	Rehabilitation Strategies (workshops, working groups, tools development)	Lake St. Clair, Clinton, Syndenham, Lower Thames, Cedar Creek	n/a	Lake St. Clair	Complete	Michigan Dept. Natural Resources / GLC, NOAA, Michigan Natural Features Inventory, MDNR
2	Lake St. Clair Coastal Habitat Restoration and Conservation	Description: The Great Lakes Commission, in cooperation with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is undertaking a project to characterize Lake St. Clair's coastal habitat and develop a restoration and conservation plan based on that characterization. The Great Lakes Commission is the principal cooperator with NOAA and will work cooperatively with various other project partners to gather data and information about Lake St. Clair coastal habitat and incorporate that information into a digital information resource.
3	Huron-Erie Corridor Habitat Assessment	Rehabilitation Strategies (workshops, working groups, tools development)	St. Clair, Upper Thames, Syndenham, Lower Thames, Lake St. Clair, Clinton, Detroit, Cedar Creek	St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River	St. Clair River, St. Clair Delta, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River, Western Basin Lake Erie	Complete	Ohio State University, University of Windsor / G.L. Millennium Network - bi-national project team, MDNR, DFO, U.S. EPA, NWRI - multiple binational partners		Reference #10	S. Mackey, Habitat Solutions, Beach Park, IL 60087
3	Huron-Erie Corridor Habitat Assessment	Description: This project will create a framework and design a process to systematically identify, coordinate, and implement aquatic and fish habitat restoration opportunities in the Lake Huron to Lake Erie Corridor (Huron-Erie Corridor, HEC) within a context of water level change resulting from direct anthropogenic hydromodification and/or long-term effects of global climate change.

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Lower Thames

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency / Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	Thames River Habitat Assessment and Monitoring	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	Lower Thames	n/a	Thames River	Ongoing: April 2003-2007	OMNR (LEMU)/ & UTRCA / LTVCA, LEMU, MNR SIRD.	River Temperature and flow regimes		B. Locke, OMNR Lake Erie Fisheries Station, R. R. #2, 320 Milo Rd., Wheatley, ON N0P 2P0
1	Thames River Habitat Assessment and Monitoring	Description: This project will build on and augment several current monitoring initiatives and historical data focused on water flow, habitat availability, benthos, and municipal drains. This project will: assess thermal and flow regime, habitat, benthos, sediment and macrophytes at traditional MNR sites; extend Municipal Drain data collection to matural watercourses and link all to GIS; expand benthic monitoring network to include Lower...
2	Lake St. Clair Canadian Watershed Technical Report: An Examination of Current Conditions	Rehabilitation Strategies (workshops, working groups, tools development)	Syndenham, Lower Thames, Cedar Creek, Upper Thames	n/a	Lake St. Clair watershed	Complete	EC / OMNR, OMOE, UTRCA, ERCA, STRCA, OMAF, LTVCA, DFO, CWS, CCG, Walpole Island First Nation		Reference #8	R. Drouin, OMNR (LEMU), 659 Exeter Rd, London, ON N6E 1L3	http://www.scrca.on.ca
2		Description: Provides basis from which future management recommendations and actions can be developed
3	Lake St. Clair Coastal Habitat Restoration and Conservation	Rehabilitation Strategies (workshops, working groups, tools development)	Lake St. Clair, Clinton, Syndenham, Lower Thames, Cedar Creek	n/a	Lake St. Clair	Complete	Michigan DNR/ GLC, NOAA, Michigan Natural Features Inventory, MDNR
3	Lake St. Clair Coastal Habitat Restoration and Conservation	Description: The Great Lakes Commission, in cooperation with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is undertaking a project to characterize Lake St. Clair's coastal habitat and develop a restoration and conservation plan based on that characterization. The Great Lakes Commission is the principal cooperator with NOAA and will work cooperatively with various other project partners to gather data and information about Lake St. Clair coastal habitat and incorporate that information into a digital information resource.
4	Huron-Erie Corridor Habitat Assessment	Rehabilitation Strategies (workshops, working groups, tools development)	St. Clair, Upper Thames, Syndenham, Lower Thames, Lake St. Clair, Clinton, Detroit, Cedar Creek	St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River	St. Clair River, St. Clair Delta, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River, Western Basin Lake Erie	Complete	Ohio State University, University of Windsor / G.L. Millennium Network - bi-national project team, MDNR, DFO, U.S. EPA, NWRI - multiple binational partners		Reference #10	S. Mackey, Habitat Solutions, Beach Park, IL 60087
4	Huron-Erie Corridor Habitat Assessment	Description: This project will create a framework and design a process to systematically identify, coordinate, and implement aquatic and fish habitat restoration opportunities in the Lake Huron to Lake Erie Corridor (Huron-Erie Corridor, HEC) within a context of water level change resulting from direct anthropogenic hydromodification and/or long-term effects of global climate change.
5	Thames River Habitat Stewardship Program	Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies	Upper Thames, Lower Thames	n/a	Thames River	Ongoing	OMNR (Aylmer) / UTRCA, LEMU, Aylmer District, LTVCA; other potential partners include Perth, Middlesex, Oxford, & Elgin counties.
5	Thames River Habitat Stewardship Program	Description: Initiate a Thames River Habitat Stewardship Program to provide incentives to landowners throughout the Thames River Basin to implement riparian BMPs. Focus will be on buffer strips, bank stabilization, livestock fencing, retiring fragile land. Related to Lake Erie via walleye stock contributions.
6	Thames River Watershed Barriers Assessment	Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies	Upper Thames, Lower Thames	n/a	Thames River	Ongoing	OMNR (LEMU) & UTRCA / LTRCA, Aylmer District, Stewardship Ontario, LEMU, Municipalities			B. Locke, OMNR Lake Erie Fisheries Station, R. R. #2, 320 Milo Rd., Wheatley, ON N0P 2P0
6	Thames River Watershed Barriers Assessment	Description: Over 180 barriers have been identified in the Thames River basin. These impact water quality and fish movement & migration (incl walleye which utilize lake erie). This project will assess impacts and prioritize barriers for removal. 20 key impoundments will be assessed and prioritized for mitigation or removal and a detailed plan outlining action in 2004 will be developed for 3 priority impoundments.

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St. Clair

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency / Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	St. Clair River - Lake St. Clair Comprehensive Management Plan	Rehabilitation Strategies (workshops, working groups, tools development)	St. Clair, Lake St. Clair, Clinton	St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair	primarily US portion of the Lake St. Clair basin	Complete	Great Lakes Commission		Reference #9		http://www.lre.usace.army.mil
1		Description: Development of a comprehensive management plan to identify causes and sources of environmental degradation, address biological and chemical contamination, disseminate information, provide recommendations for future restoration measures
2	Huron-Erie Corridor Habitat Assessment	Rehabilitation Strategies (workshops, working groups, tools development)	St. Clair, Upper Thames, Syndenham, Lower Thames, Lake St. Clair, Clinton, Detroit, Cedar Creek	St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River	St. Clair River, St. Clair Delta, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River, Western Basin Lake Erie	Complete	Ohio State Univ. & Univ. of Windsor / G.L. Millennium Network - bi-national project team, MDNR, DFO, U.S. EPA, NWRI - multiple binational partners		Reference #10	S. Mackey, Habitat Solutions, Beach Park, IL 60087
2	Huron-Erie Corridor Habitat Assessment	Description: This project will create a framework and design a process to systematically identify, coordinate, and implement aquatic and fish habitat restoration opportunities in the Lake Huron to Lake Erie Corridor (Huron-Erie Corridor, HEC) within a context of water level change resulting from direct anthropogenic hydromodification and/or long-term effects of global climate change.

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Syndenham

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency / Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	Lake St. Clair Canadian Watershed Technical Report: An Examination of Current Conditions	Rehabilitation Strategies (workshops, working groups, tools development)	Syndenham, Lower Thames, Cedar Creek, Upper Thames	n/a	Lake St. Clair watershed	Complete	EC / OMNR, OMOE, UTRCA, ERCA, STRCA, OMAF, LTVCA, DFO, CWS, CCG, Walpole Island First Nation		Reference #8	R. Drouin, Lake Erie Management Unit, OMNR, 659 Exeter Road, London, ON N6E 1L3	http://www.scrca.on.ca
1		Description: Provides basis from which future management recommendations and actions can be developed
2	Lake St. Clair Coastal Habitat Restoration and Conservation	Rehabilitation Strategies (workshops, working groups, tools development)	Lake St. Clair, Clinton, Syndenham, Lower Thames, Cedar Creek	n/a	Lake St. Clair	Complete	Michigan DNR / GLC, NOAA, Michigan Natural Features Inventory, MDNR
2	Lake St. Clair Coastal Habitat Restoration and Conservation	Description: The Great Lakes Commission, in cooperation with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is undertaking a project to characterize Lake St. Clair's coastal habitat and develop a restoration and conservation plan based on that characterization. The Great Lakes Commission is the principal cooperator with NOAA and will work cooperatively with various other project partners to gather data and information about Lake St. Clair coastal habitat and incorporate that information into a digital information resource.
3	Huron-Erie Corridor Habitat Assessment	Rehabilitation Strategies (workshops, working groups, tools development)	St. Clair, Upper Thames, Syndenham, Lower Thames, Lake St. Clair, Clinton, Detroit, Cedar Creek	St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River	St. Clair River, St. Clair Delta, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River, Western Basin Lake Erie	Complete	Ohio State University, University of Windsor / G.L. Millennium Network - bi-national project team, MDNR, DFO, U.S. EPA, NWRI - multiple binational partners		Reference #10	S. Mackey, Habitat Solutions, Beach Park, IL 60087
3	Huron-Erie Corridor Habitat Assessment	Description: This project will create a framework and design a process to systematically identify, coordinate, and implement aquatic and fish habitat restoration opportunities in the Lake Huron to Lake Erie Corridor (Huron-Erie Corridor, HEC) within a context of water level change resulting from direct anthropogenic hydromodification and/or long-term effects of global climate change.

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Upper Thames

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency / Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	Lake St. Clair Canadian Watershed Technical Report: An Examination of Current Conditions	Rehabilitation Strategies (workshops, working groups, tools development)	Syndenham, Lower Thames, Cedar Creek, Upper Thames	n/a	Lake St. Clair watershed	Complete	EC / OMNR, OMOE, UTRCA, ERCA, STRCA, OMAF, LTVCA, DFO, CWS, CCG, Walpole Island First Nation		Reference #8	R. Drouin, Lake Erie Management Unit, OMNR, 659 Exeter Road, London, ON N6E 1L3	http://www.scrca.on.ca
1		Description: Provides basis from which future management recommendations and actions can be developed
2	Huron-Erie Corridor Habitat Assessment	Rehabilitation Strategies (workshops, working groups, tools development)	St. Clair, Upper Thames, Syndenham, Lower Thames, Lake St. Clair, Clinton, Detroit, Cedar Creek	St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River	St. Clair River, St. Clair Delta, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River, Western Basin Lake Erie	Complete	Ohio State University, University of Windsor / G.L. Millennium Network - bi-national project team, MDNR, DFO, U.S. EPA, NWRI - multiple binational partners		Reference #10	S. Mackey, Habitat Solutions, Beach Park, IL 60087
2	Huron-Erie Corridor Habitat Assessment	Description: This project will create a framework and design a process to systematically identify, coordinate, and implement aquatic and fish habitat restoration opportunities in the Lake Huron to Lake Erie Corridor (Huron-Erie Corridor, HEC) within a context of water level change resulting from direct anthropogenic hydromodification and/or long-term effects of global climate change.
3	Thames River Habitat Stewardship Program	Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies	Upper Thames, Lower Thames	n/a	Thames River	Ongoing	OMNR (Aylmer) / UTRCA, LEMU, Aylmer District, LTVCA; other potential partners include Perth, Middlesex, Oxford, & Elgin counties.
3	Thames River Habitat Stewardship Program	Description: Initiate a Thames River Habitat Stewardship Program to provide incentives to landowners throughout the Thames River Basin to implement riparian BMPs. Focus will be on buffer strips, bank stabilization, livestock fencing, retiring fragile land. Related to Lake Erie via walleye stock contributions.
4	Thames River Watershed Barriers Assessment	Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies	Upper Thames, Lower Thames	n/a	Thames River	Ongoing	OMNR (LEMU) & UTRCA / LTRCA, Aylmer District, Stewardship Ontario, LEMU, Municipalities			B. Locke, OMNR Lake Erie Fisheries Station, R. R. #2, 320 Milo Rd., Wheatley, ON N0P 2P0
4	Thames River Watershed Barriers Assessment	Description: Over 180 barriers have been identified in the Thames River basin. These impact water quality and fish movement & migration (incl walleye which utilize lake erie). This project will assess impacts and prioritize barriers for removal. 20 key impoundments will be assessed and prioritized for mitigation or removal and a detailed plan outlining action in 2004 will be developed for 3 priority impoundments.

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By Waterbody

Detroit River

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency / Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	Larval fish transport in the Detroit River	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	n/a	Detroit River	Detroit River, MI and ON	sampling completed in 2006, continues in 2007 and 2008	USGS GLSC / USFWS, OMNR, Central MI Univ. MIDNR	Water temperature, secchi, depth at sample sites, larval fish abundance, size and diet, zooplankton abundance		E. Roseman, USGS Great Lakes Science Center,1451 Green Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105-2807	Roseman_proposal.doc
1	Larval fish transport in the Detroit River	Description: This project measures the abundance, periodicity, and habitat use of larval fishes occurring in the Detroit River.
2	Fish spawning habitat survey in the Detroit River	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	n/a	Detroit River	Detroit River, MI and ON	new, 2007-2008	USGS GLSC / USFWS, OMNR, Central MI Univ. MIDNR	Water temperature, secchi, depth at sample sites, velocity, egg abundance and identity based on hatching, substrate		G. Kennedy, USGS Great Lakes Science Center,1451 Green Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105-2807	Kennedy_proposal.doc
2	Fish spawning habitat survey in the Detroit River	Description: This project investigates spawning habitat use by major species in the Detroit River. Work is also underway to assess feasibility of proposed habitat restoration for spawning reefs.
3	Fish Community Goal and Objectives for Lake St. Clair, the St. Clair River and Detroit River (St. Clair System)	Rehabilitation Strategies (workshops, working groups, tools development)	n/a	St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River	Lake St. Clair, St. Clair and Detroit Rivers	Complete	Lake Erie Committee, Great Lakes Fishery Commission / OMNR (LEMU), MDNR, ODNR, PFBC, NYSDEC