Lake Erie Spatial Project Inventory (East Basin)

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East Basin Habitat-Related Project Inventory

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By Watershed:

Big Creek - Buffalo-Eighteenmile - Cattaraugus - Chautauqua-Conneaut - Lower Grand - Niagara - Upper Grand

By Waterbody:

East basin

Niagara River

By Watershed

Big Creek

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency/ Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	East Basin Rehabilitation Plan: Habitat component	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	Big Creek, Lower Grand	n/a	North Shore of Eastern Basin	April 2000 - Dec 2004. Reporting completed in 2005	OMNR (LEMU) / EC, OCFA, OFAH	Lake nearshore and tributary mouths - surface and bottom temperature associated with fish catches.	Reference #1	Kurt Oldenburg, OMNR Lake Erie Management Unit, P.O. Box 429 Port Dover, ON, N0A 1N0
1	East Basin Rehabilitation Plan: Habitat component	Description: A component of a 5-yr fisheries management plan that involves fisheries and habitat surveys in the nearshore waters and lower section of tributaries in the Ontario waters of the eastern basin from Long Point to the Niagara River. The intent of this component is to link key species (yellow perch and walleye) and the fish community with habitat types in order to identify sites with potential for habitat rehabilitation.
2	Long Point Bay Ecological Assessment	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	Big Creek	n/a	Lake Erie Eastern Basin North shore	Pending Funding; Spring and Summer 2007- 2009	OMNR (LEMU)	Temperature (associated with fish catches and long term logging), Dissolved oxygen, Nutrients, Plant coverage, Biotic indices (benthic invertebrates, fish)		Janice Gilbert or Kurt Oldenburg; OMNR Lake Erie Management Unit, P.O. Box 429 Port Dover, ON, N0A 1N0
2	Long Point Bay Ecological Assessment	Description: To assess the status of the coastal wetland complex located within Long Point. Analysis parameters will include: water and sediment quality, vegetation diversity and richness, aquatic invertebrate diversity and IBI scores, fish, marsh bird and amphibian diversity, tributary water quality and landuse impacts. The results of this study will be used to guide stewardship within the immediate area.

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Buffalo-Eighteenmile

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Buffalo River Walleye introductions

Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies

Buffalo-Eighteenmile

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Buffalo R., NY

Spring 2004

NYSDEC / Southtowns Walleye Association, Erie County Fish Advisory Board

J. Markham, Lake Erie Fisheries Unit – NYSDEC, Dunkirk, NY 14048-1031

Description: Stocking of walleye fingerlings in the Buffalo River in an attempt to establish a breeding walleye population . Project will also monitor water quality and thermal profiles, and evaluate the overall habitat for possible future improvements.

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Cattaraugus

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency/ Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	Spooner Ck. Rehabilitation Project	Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies	Cattaraugus	n/a	Spooner Creek, Tributary of Cattaraugus Creek, NY	Spring 2003 - Ongoing	NYSDEC / Western NY Chapter of TU			J. Markham, Lake Erie Fisheries Unit – NYSDEC, Dunkirk, NY 14048-1031
1	Spooner Ck. Rehabilitation Project	Description: Bank stabilization project to minimize erosion, stabilize the creekbed, and improve instream habitat and cover. The project mainly involves tree plantings, but may also include the construction of cribs on high erosion areas.
2	Cattaraugus Creek Migratory Access Improvement	Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies	Cattaraugus	n/a	Cattaraugus Creek, NY	2005 to completion	US Army Corp of Engineers, Erie County / NYSDEC			J. Markham, Lake Erie Fisheries Unit – NYSDEC, Dunkirk, NY 14048-1031
2	Cattaraugus Creek Migratory Access Improvement	Description: This is the initial phase of an investigations into feasibility, costs, and benefits associated with fish passage and sea lamprey attraction /traps at a dam in Springwille, NY on Cattaraugus Ck. Results of this initial study will determine future direction of this project.

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Chautauqua-Conneaut

No habitat-related projects currently recorded.
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Lower Grand

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency/ Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	East Basin Rehabilitation Plan: Habitat component	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	Big Creek, Lower Grand	n/a	North Shore of Eastern Basin	April 2000 - Dec 2004. Reporting completed in 2005	OMNR (LEMU) / EC, OCFA, OFAH	Lake nearshore and tributary mouths - surface and bottom temperature associated with fish catches.	Reference #1	Kurt Oldenburg, OMNR Lake Erie Management Unit, P.O. Box 429 Port Dover, ON, N0A 1N0
1	East Basin Rehabilitation Plan: Habitat component	Description: A component of a 5-yr fisheries management plan that involves fisheries and habitat surveys in the nearshore waters and lower section of tributaries in the Ontario waters of the eastern basin from Long Point to the Niagara River. The intent of this component is to link key species (yellow perch and walleye) and the fish community with habitat types in order to identify sites with potential for habitat rehabilitation.
2	Grand River Ecosystem Multi-Partner Initiative for Assessment, Monitoring and Rehabilitation	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	Upper Grand, Lower Grand	n/a	Grand River, Ontario (eastern basin)	Fieldwork complete. Review of 2000-2005 assessment underway. 2007: Agency and stakeholder workshops and development of habitat rehabilitation strategy	OMNR (LEMU) (Assessment) and EC (LE LaMP Strategy) / GRCA, MOE, EC, DFO, OFAH	River Temperatures i) associated with fish catches, ii) bi-weekly water column profiles (also DO and light profiles), iii) bottom long term logging also DO). Water chemistry (bi-weekly). Biotic habitat indices (fish and benthic invertebrate)	i) "State of the Southern Grand River"; Summer 2007. ii) Completion Reports (water quality, fish community);spring 2007; iii) walleye habitat; Reference #3	T. MacDougall, OMNR Lake Erie Management Unit, P.O. Box 429 Port Dover, ON, N0A 1N0
2		Description: Field work and reporting of fisheries and aquatic habitat concerns in the Grand River, towards the development of a strategy for ecosystem rehabilitation. Including: 1) Water quality 2) Fish migration & habitat use and refuges 3) Fish community IBI and SAR reporting and 4) evaluation of fishway performance to restore natural reproduction of walleye stock. Contributing to “State of” Reporting and the refining of rehabilitation targets and recommendations for reaching them (stream rehab, WPCP operation and reservoir discharge management).
3	Evaluation of Southern Grand River wetlands between Cayuga and Dunnville	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	Lower Grand	n/a	Bottom 42km of Grand River, Ontario	2004. Final Reporting Complete 2005	OMNR (LEMU) / EC	Temperature, Dissolved oxygen, Nutrients, Plant coverage, Biotic indices (benthic invertebrates)	Reference #4	Janice Gilbert or Kurt Oldenburg; OMNR Lake Erie Management Unit, P.O. Box 429 Port Dover, ON, N0A 1N0
3		Description: Ten wetlands were evaluated in the summer of 2004 for water and sediment quality along with vegetation and aquatic invertebrate and fish diversity and richness. Surveys were also conducted to determine wetland and river basin bathymetry elevations tied to geodetic benchmarks to assess potential impacts due to a Dunnville Dam removal scenario.
4	Grand River (Fairchilds Creek) Stewardship Initiative	Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies	Lower Grand	n/a	Grand River, Ontario (eastern basin)	Ongoing	OMNR (Brant Stewardship Council) / EC, DFO, GRCA, MOE			D. Depuydt, OMNR, 353 Talbot St., W. Aylmer, Ont. N5H 2S8
4	Grand River (Fairchilds Creek) Stewardship Initiative	Description: Stewardship initiatives in Brant and Haldimand Counties to implement “Best Management Practices for agricultural land. Includes the monitoring of baseline and anticipated temporal improvements in water quality (esp. P, N, and TSS) as land use practices change in the watershed. Initial focus will be on the subwatershed of Fairchilds Creek., other areas getting attention as impacts are better understood.
5	Grand River Wetlands: Process Wetland Feasibility Study	Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies	Lower Grand	n/a	Grand River, Ontario (eastern basin)	Assessment Complete; Working group established 2006; Ongoing	OMNR (LEMU) / 6-Nations Ecocentre, MOE, Haldimand-Norfolk Stewardship council, EC		Reference #12	Janice Gilbert or Kurt Oldenburg; OMNR Lake Erie Management Unit, P.O. Box 429 Port Dover, ON, N0A 1N0
5	Grand River Wetlands: Process Wetland Feasibility Study	Description: A study is currently taking place to assess the feasibility of using treatment wetlands to polish WPCP effluent from the Brantford, Caledonia, Cayuga and Dunnville plants. This study will address the current loading rates of nutrients to the river from these plants, the potential reduction loads treatment wetlands could provide if located at these four sites, and the cost/benefits of these systems for habitat and other functions compared to conventional systems.
6	Ontario Stewardship Initiatives	Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies	Upper Grand, Lower Grand, Big Creek, Niagara	n/a	Watersheds draining into L. Erie (Grand River, Welland River, Long Point Complex,	Ongoing	OMNR/ Stewardship Ontario (Haldimand-Norfolk, Brant, Waterloo-Wellington Counties)				OMNR; Guelph District office
6	Ontario Stewardship Initiatives	Description: Implementation of Best management practices, Environmental Farm practices and riparian recovery on watersheds draining into Lake Erie

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Niagara

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency/ Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	Lyons Creek Watershed Study	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	Niagara	n/a	Welland River watershed	Fieldwork Complete (2003-2005); Reporting 2006	OMNR (Niagara)/NPCA	River temperature		A. Yagi, OMNR, 4890 Victoria Avenue North, Vineland Station, Ont. L0R 2E0
1	Lyons Creek Watershed Study	Description: Watershed habitat study on Lyon’s Creek (tributary of the Welland River, Niagara AOC) in order to evaluate existing natural areas and determine hydrology regime.
2	Drapers Creek Barrier Removal	Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies	Niagara	n/a	Welland River watershed	Initially April 2003-2006	OMNR (Niagara) /NPCA			J. Durst; OMNR Vineland Area Office, Vineland, Ontario
2	Drapers Creek Barrier Removal	Description: Barrier removal project in the lower portion of 12:12 creek (tributary to the Welland River, part of Niagara AOC above N. Falls). Barrier by erosion of the creek bed resulting in a perched culvert. Impacting known sports fish migration.
3	Ontario Stewardship Initiatives	Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies	Upper Grand, Lower Grand, Big Creek, Niagara	n/a	Watersheds draining into L. Erie (Grand River, Welland River, Long Point Complex,	Ongoing	OMNR/ Stewardship Ontario (Haldimand-Norfolk, Brant, Waterloo-Wellington Counties)				OMNR; Guelph District office
3	Ontario Stewardship Initiatives	Description: Implementation of Best management practices, Environmental Farm practices and riparian recovery on watersheds draining into Lake Erie

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Upper Grand

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency/ Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	Grand River Ecosystem Multi-Partner Initiative for Assessment, Monitoring and Rehabilitation	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	Upper Grand, Lower Grand	n/a	Grand River, Ontario (eastern basin)	Fieldwork complete. Review of 2000-2005 assessment underway. 2007: Agency and stakeholder workshops and development of habitat rehabilitation strategy	OMNR-LEMU (Assessment) and EC (LE LaMP Strategy) / GRCA, MOE, EC, DFO, OFAH	River Temperatures i) associated with fish catches, ii) bi-weekly water column profiles (also DO and light profiles), iii) bottom long term logging also DO). Water chemistry (bi-weekly). Biotic habitat indices (fish and benthic invertebrate)	i) "State of the Southern Grand River"; Summer 2007. ii) Completion Reports (water quality, fish community);spring 2007; iii) walleye habitat; Reference #3	T. MacDougall, OMNR Lake Erie Management Unit, P.O. Box 429 Port Dover, ON, N0A 1N0
1		Description: Field work and reporting of fisheries and aquatic habitat concerns in the Grand River, towards the development of a strategy for ecosystem rehabilitation. Including: 1) Water quality 2) Fish migration & habitat use and refuges 3) Fish community IBI and SAR reporting and 4) evaluation of fishway performance to restore natural reproduction of walleye stock. Contributing to “State of” Reporting and the refining of rehabilitation targets and recommendations for reaching them (stream rehab, WPCP operation and reservoir discharge management).
2	Ontario Stewardship Initiatives	Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies	Upper Grand, Lower Grand, Big Creek, Niagara	n/a	Watersheds draining into L. Erie (Grand River, Welland River, Long Point Complex,	Ongoing	OMNR/ Stewardship Ontario (Haldimand-Norfolk, Brant, Waterloo-Wellington Counties)				OMNR; Guelph District office
2	Ontario Stewardship Initiatives	Description: Implementation of Best management practices, Environmental Farm practices and riparian recovery on watersheds draining into Lake Erie

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By Waterbody

East basin

No habitat-related projects currently recorded.
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Niagara River

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency/ Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
11	Niagara River AOC (Ont) Fisheries Assessment	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	n/a	Niagara River	Niagara River (CAN)	Fieldwork Complete (2003-2005). Reporting spring 2006	OMNR (Niagara office) / Land Care Niagara, Eco Program			A. Yagi, OMNR, 4890 Victoria Avenue North, Vineland Station, Ont. L0R 2E0	http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/aoc/niagara.html
11	Niagara River AOC (Ont) Fisheries Assessment	Description: Assessment of fisheries and fish habitat including wetlands in selected areas throughout the AOC. Selection of sites, development of methodology, elecrofishing (both boat and backpack).
16	Niagara River (Ont) AOC Wetland Assessment	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	n/a	Niagara River	Niagara River	Summer 2006	OMNR (Niagara office)	River temperatures associated with fish catches		A. Yagi, OMNR, 4890 Victoria Avenue North, Vineland Station, Ont. L0R 2E0	http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/aoc/niagara.html
16	Niagara River (Ont) AOC Wetland Assessment	Description: Wetland assessments and ranking with a focus on the Welland R. watershed.

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