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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/

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

 

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

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

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

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

 

 

 

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

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

 

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

 

 

 

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

 

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.

 

 

 

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

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

 

 

 

 

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

 

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

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

 

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.

 

 

 

 

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

 

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

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

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

 

Reference #7

Rich Drouin; rich.drouin@ontario.ca

 

Description: Fish community objectives identified will provide a framework for managing fisheries resources in the St. Clair system

4

Detroit River (AOC) Restoration Priorities development

Rehabilitation Strategies (workshops, working groups, tools development)

n/a

Detroit River

Detroit River

Ongoing

Detroit River Habitat Working Group / see #25 under "Strategies, engineering studies, Implementation"; below

 

 

 

 

Description: Creation of "best bets" for direction rehabilitation dollars.

5

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

 

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.

6

Belle Isle/ Detroit River Sturgeon Habitat Restoration, Monitoring, and Education Project

Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies

n/a

Detroit River

Upper Detroit River (Belle Isle)

Preliminary surveys spring 2003 & 2004, Construction June 2004; Post-construction monitoring spring 2005 & 2006

Michigan Sea Grant; USGS is the science leader / Smith Group JJR, Great Lakes Fishery Trust, Michigan DEQ, DTE Energy, City of Detroit, US Fish & Wildlife Service, US Coast Guard, Faust Marine Corp., Michigan DNR.

 

 

 

 

Description: Three kinds of rocky substrate of representing a gradient of void space were placed on featureless, hardpan clay bottom in the upper Detroit River; monitored for spawning by lake sturgeon and other fish; and monitored for relative predation by round goby on deposited lake sturgeon eggs.

7

Huron-Erie Corridor System Habitat Restoration Opportunities – Creating Sustainable Aquatic Habitat

Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies

n/a

St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River

St. Clair River, St. Clair Delta, Lake St. Clair, and Detroit River AOC's

2006 Pending - NFWF/U.S. EPA

Univ. of Windsor / G.L. Millennium Network - binational project team - MDNR, USGS, DFO, DRCC - Multiple binational partners

 

 

 

 

Description: This project will use historical and current aquatic habitat data and modeling tools developed in an ongoing GLFC/USFWS Restoration Act-supported project to systematically identify and delineate aquatic and fish habitat restoration opportunities that protect and restore the processes responsible for creating and maintaining the pattern and function of instream, riparian nearshore, and open-water aquatic habitats within the St. Clair River and Detroit River AOC’s and Lake St. Clair.


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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

Plant community mapping - Lake St. Clair

Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat

n/a

Lake St. Clair

Lake St. Clair

Ongoing: annual surveys 3-4 weeks mid summer

MDNR, USGS / Oakland University

 

 

B. Haas, Lake St. Clair Fisheries Research Station, 33135 South River Road, Harrison Twp., Michigan 48045

 

Description: Hydroacoustic surveys of rooted plant communities within L. St.Clair. Identification and mapping of habitat based on both conventional and side-scan sonar transects.

2

Sturgeon Habitat surveys - Lake St. Clair

Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat

n/a

Lake St. Clair

Lake St. Clair and St.Clair River

Ongoing: annual surveys 2-3 weeks mid summer

MDNR / USGS, USFWS

 

 

M. Thomas, Lake St. Clair Fisheries Research Station, 33135 South River Road, Harrison Twp., Michigan 48046

 

Description: Habitat analysis: Availability of habitat required for spawning and surveys for juvenile sturgeon; Identification of habitat used by juvenile (<3yr) sturgeon.

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

 

Reference #7

Rich Drouin; rich.drouin@ontario.ca

 

Description: Fish community objectives identified will provide a framework for managing fisheries resources in the St. Clair system

4

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

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

5

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

 

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.

6

Huron-Erie Corridor System Habitat Restoration Opportunities – Creating Sustainable Aquatic Habitat

Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies

n/a

St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River

St. Clair River, St. Clair Delta, Lake St. Clair, and Detroit River AOC's

2006 Pending - NFWF/U.S. EPA

Univ. of Windsor / G.L. Millennium Network - binational project team - MDNR, USGS, DFO, DRCC - Multiple binational partners

 

 

 

 

Description: This project will use historical and current aquatic habitat data and modeling tools developed in an ongoing GLFC/USFWS Restoration Act-supported project to systematically identify and delineate aquatic and fish habitat restoration opportunities that protect and restore the processes responsible for creating and maintaining the pattern and function of instream, riparian nearshore, and open-water aquatic habitats within the St. Clair River and Detroit River AOC’s and Lake St. Clair.


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St. Clair River

 

Project Title

Project Type

Watershed(s)

Waterbody(ies)

Location

Status

Lead Agency / Partners

Variables
Measured

Documents

Contact

Links

1

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

 

Reference #7

Rich Drouin; rich.drouin@ontario.ca

 

Description: Fish community objectives identified will provide a framework for managing fisheries resources in the St. Clair system

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

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

St. Clair River AOC - Shoreline habitat inventory

Rehabilitation Strategies (workshops, working groups, tools development)

n/a

St. Clair River

CAN portion of the St. Clair River

Ongoing

 

 

 

R. Drouin, Lake Erie Management Unit, OMNR, 659 Exeter Road, London, ON N6E 1L3

 

Description: Inventory of habitat and shoreline features to be used to direct rehabilitation targets.

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

The 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

 

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

Huron-Erie Corridor System Habitat Restoration Opportunities – Creating Sustainable Aquatic Habitat

Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies

n/a

St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River

St. Clair River, St. Clair Delta, Lake St. Clair, and Detroit River AOC's

2006 Pending - NFWF/U.S. EPA

Univ. of Windsor / G.L. Millennium Network - binational project team - MDNR, USGS, DFO, DRCC - Multiple binational partners

 

 

 

 

Description: This project will use historical and current aquatic habitat data and modeling tools developed in an ongoing GLFC/USFWS Restoration Act-supported project to systematically identify and delineate aquatic and fish habitat restoration opportunities that protect and restore the processes responsible for creating and maintaining the pattern and function of instream, riparian nearshore, and open-water aquatic habitats within the St. Clair River and Detroit River AOC’s and Lake St. Clair.


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