Lake Erie Spatial Project Inventory (Central Basin)

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Central Basin 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:

Ashtabula-Chagrin - Big Creek - Black-Rocky - Chautauqua-Conneaut - Cuyahoga - Grand - Huron-Vermilion - Rondeau Watersheds

By Waterbody:

Central basin

By Watershed

Ashtabula-Chagrin

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency/ Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	Ashtabula River AOC	Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies	Ashtabula-Chagrin	n/a	Ashtabula River, OH	Ongoing	OHEPA: RAP co-ordinator / Extensive list of government, industry and NGO, see website				http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/aoc/ashtabula.html
1	Ashtabula River AOC	Description: Ongoing rehab via implementation of RAP: details [http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/aoc/ashtabula.html]

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Big Creek

No habitat-related projects currently recorded.
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Black-Rocky

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency/ Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	Black River AOC	Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies	Black-Rocky	n/a	Black River, OH	Ongoing	OHEPA: RAP co-coordinator / Extensive list of government, industry and NGO, see website				http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/aoc/blackriver.html
1	Black River AOC	Description: Ongoing rehab via implementation of RAP: details [http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/aoc/blackriver.html]

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Chautauqua-Conneaut

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency/ Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	Chautauqua Creek Fish Passage Project	Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies	Chautauqua-Conneaut	n/a	Chautauqua Creek, NY	2006 to completion	US Army Corp of Engineers, Erie County, Village of Westfield, USFWS, and NY Rivers United / NYSDEC, Red House Chapter of Trout Unlimited			J. Markham, Lake Erie Fisheries Unit – NYSDEC, Dunkirk, NY 14048-1031
1	Chautauqua Creek Fish Passage Project	Description: This is the initial phase of an investigations into feasibility, costs, and benefits associated with fish passage at a pair of dams near Westfield, NY on Chautauqua Ck. Results of this initial study will determine future direction of this project.

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Cuyahoga

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency/ Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	Characterization of yellow perch spawning movement in association with substrate in the Central Basin	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	Cuyahoga	n/a	Nearshore areas (<20 m) at Cleveland and Chagrin, OH	Spring 2006 and 2007	ODNR, Div. of Wildlife	water temperature, pH, and dissolved oxygen profiles, secchi, depth, fish communities; sidescan sonar and underwater video		C. Knight, Fairport Fish Research Unit, ODNR, 1190 High St., Fairport Harbor, OH 44077
1		Description: Spatial distribution of yellow perch by gender and age during the inshore spring spawning migration.
2	Cuyahoga River AOC	Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies	Cuyahoga	n/a	Cuyahoga River, OH	Ongoing	OHEPA: RAP co-coordinator / Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area, USDA, OHEPA, OHDNR, USACE, USDHUD, USEPA and numerous industrial and community groups				http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/aoc/cuyahoga.html
2	Cuyahoga River AOC	Description: Ongoing rehab via implementation of RAP: details [http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/aoc/cuyahoga.html]

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Grand

No habitat-related projects currently recorded.
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Huron-Vermilion

No habitat-related projects currently recorded.
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Rondeau Watersheds

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency / Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	Rondeau Bay Wetland Complex Assessment	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	Rondeau	n/a	Lake Erie Central Basin North shore	May-Dec 2005; Reporting Spring 2006; continued assessment focusing on invasive species and water quality, Summer 2006.	LEMU- OMNR / BSC, Rondeau Provincial Park, OMNR-Aylmer District, EC	Temperature (associated with fish catches and long term logging), Dissolved oxygen, Nutrients, Plant coverage, Biotic indices (benthic invertebrates)	Reference #5 and #6	Janice Gilbert or Brian Locke; Lake Erie Fisheries Station, R. R. #2, 320 Milo Rd., Wheatley, ON N0P 2P0
1	Rondeau Bay Wetland Complex Assessment	Description: To assess the status of the coastal wetland complex located within Rondeau Bay. Analysis parameters will include: water and sediment quality, vegetation diversity and richness, aquatic invertebrate diversity and IBI scores, fish , marsh bird and amphibian diversity, water fowl production and predation pressures, tributary water quality and landuse impacts. The results of this study will be used to guide stewardship initiatives within the watershed.
2	Rondeau Bay Watershed Habitat Stewardship Program	Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies	Rondeau	n/a	Lake Erie Central Basin North shore	Ongoing	OMNR (Aylmer) / LTVCA, LEMU, Aylmer District, Rondeau Bay Watershed Coalition, Rondeau Provincial Park staff and the Lake Erie Corridor Stewardship Initiative			Don Hector, OMNR, 353 Talbot St., W. Aylmer, Ont. N5H 2S8
2	Rondeau Bay Watershed Habitat Stewardship Program	Description: Lever marginal rural properties for the restoration and protection of 375 acres of habitat over years 1-3.Education of landowners, community groups on benefits of BMPs through natural resource projects. Lever local groups to continue education efforts.
3	Wheatley Harbour AOC RAP	Rehabilitation Projects (Implementation)	Rondeau	n/a	Wheatley Harbour, central basin L. Erie	Ongoing	EC / multi-partner initiative including OMNR, MOE, Stewardship Ontario			B. Locke, OMNR Lake Erie Fisheries Station, R. R. #2, 320 Milo Rd., Wheatley, ON N0P 2P0	http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/water/raps/wheatley/intro_e.html
3	Wheatley Harbour AOC RAP	Description:

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By Waterbody

Central basin

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency / Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	Rondeau Bay Nearshore Fish Community Monitoring	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	n/a	Lake Erie	Lake Erie Central Basin North shore	Completed 2004, Reporting completed in 2005	OMNR- LEMU & DFO research and assessment Branch / Rondeau Provincial Park, LTVCA, OMNR-Aylmer District.	Lake embayment surface temperature associated with fish catches in embayment and wetlands.	Reference #2	B. Locke, OMNR Lake Erie Fisheries Station, R. R. #2, 320 Milo Rd., Wheatley, ON N0P 2P0
1	Rondeau Bay Nearshore Fish Community Monitoring	Description: Electrofishing to determine status of fish communities/ biodiversity/fish, reptilian, and amphibian SAR/habitat availability/water quality/ contaminants related to aquatic biota in Rondeau Bay and sites in the west-central basin of Lake Erie.
2	Presque Isle Bay AOC	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	n/a	Lake Erie	Presque Isle Bay, PA	Ongoing: target of 2010	PAFBC, PADEP, Erie County Dept. of Health / Coastal Zone Mgt., PFBC,DEP,Erie Co. Health				http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/aoc/presque.html
2	Presque Isle Bay AOC	Description: Monitoring program involving benthos and sediment. Focusing on Brown Bullhead (skin lesions and lip pappilomas) as indicator species for evidence of recovery.
3	Nearshore reefs for walleye spawning in the Central Basin	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	n/a	Lake Erie	Nearshore areas (<3 m) from Fairport Harbor to Ashtabula, OH	Spring 2007-08	ODNR, Div. of Wildlife	water temperature,pH, and dissolved oxygen (surface/bottom), secchi, depth, fish communities; high resolution fathometer readings		C. Knight, Fairport Fish Research Unit, ODNR, 1190 High St., Fairport Harbor, OH 44077
3	Nearshore reefs for walleye spawning in the Central Basin	Description: Identification of potential nearshore spawning reefs and examination of the use of these areas by spawning walleye.

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