Lake Erie Spatial Project Inventory (West Basin)

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West 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:

Auglaize - Blanchard - Cedar Creek -Cedar-Portage - Huron - Lower Maumee - Ottawa-Stony - Raisin - St. Joseph - St. Mary’s - Sandusky - Tiffin - Upper Maumee

By Waterbody:

West basin

By Watershed

Auglaize

No habitat-related projects currently recorded.
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Blanchard

No habitat-related projects currently recorded.
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Cedar Creek

No habitat-related projects currently recorded.
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Cedar-Portage

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency / Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	Middle Harbor Fish Habitat Restoration	Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies	Cedar-Portage, Sandusky	n/a	Ottawa Co., Ohio; Catawba Island	Delayed pending result of ODNR appeal to USCOE (original permit denied).	ODNR, Div. of Wildlife, Div. of State Parks / ODNR, Friends of East Harbor State Park	Depth, substrate, and turbidity; fish communities		Eric Weimer, Sandusky Fish Research Unit, ODNR, 305 E. Shoreline Dr. Sandusky, Ohio 44
1	Middle Harbor Fish Habitat Restoration	Description: Project to restore nearshore coastal fish community to Middle Harbor, Ohio. Project will demonstrate beneficial reuse of dredge material for island construction to reduce fetch/sediment resuspension, create depth heterogeneity, and reconnect Middle Harbor to East and West Harbor. Fish and aquatic plant community will be monitored.

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Huron

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency / Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	Huron River Watershed Assessment	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	Huron	n/a	Tributary to western Lake Erie	Completed	MDNR			J. Baunscheidel; MDNR-Fisheries; 248-359-9048
1	Huron 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.

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Lower Maumee

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency / Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	Dredge Sediment Plume Characterization Study	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	Lower Maumee, Upper Maumee	n/a	Maumee Bay, Ohio	Summer 2004, results/completion report summer 2006	US Army Corps of Engineers, Ohio Division of Wildlife
1	Dredge Sediment Plume Characterization Study	Description: Characterization of spatial extent of suspended sediment plumes as they relate to dredging operations in and around Maumee Bay using Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler and turbidity meters.
2	Maumee River AOC	Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies	Lower Maumee, Upper Maumee	n/a	Maumee River, OH	Ongoing	OHEPA: RAP co-ordinator / Extensive list of government, industry and NGO, see website				http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/aoc/maumee.html
2	Maumee River AOC	Description: Ongoing rehab via implementation of RAP (stage 2): details [http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/aoc/maumee.html]
3	Maumee Bay Habitat Restoration Unit	Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies	Lower Maumee, Upper Maumee	n/a	Maumee Bay and nearby nearshore areas and or south shore marshes of the western basin, Ohio	Ongoing - information from Middle Harbor experiment will be further developed for this project	Ohio Division of Wildlife / Army Corps of Engineers, ODNR, USFWS, Toledo Port Authority, Lake Erie Charter Boat Association	Sediment (Ponar grabs and side scan imagery)		J. Tyson, Sandusky Fish Research Unit, ODNR, 305 E. Shoreline Dr. Sandusky, Ohio 44
3	Maumee Bay Habitat Restoration Unit	Description: Examining the beneficial reuse of dredge materials for physical habitat restoration. Potential for restoration of degraded sites – such as dredge disposal sites, or use to soften wave energy in nearshore areas.

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Ottawa-Stony

No habitat-related projects currently recorded.
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Raisin

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency / Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	Raisin River Watershed Assessment	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	Raisin	n/a	Tributary to western Lake Erie	Completed	MDNR			J. Baunscheidel; MDNR-Fisheries; 248-359-9048	http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/aoc/rvraisin.html
1	Raisin 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.

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St. Joseph

No habitat-related projects currently recorded.
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St. Mary’s

No habitat-related projects currently recorded.
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Sandusky

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency / Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	Sandusky River/Bay walleye movement and spawning habitat study	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	Sandusky	Lake Erie	Sandusky River/Bay	Ongoing 2006-2008	ODNR, Div. of Wildlife / Ohio State University			E. Weimer, Sandusky Fish Research Unit, ODNR, 305 E. Shoreline Dr. Sandusky, Ohio 44
1		Description: Sandusky River/Bay spawning stock movement will be monitored during spawning to determine, among other things, location and use of available spawning habitat within the bay and river.
2	Coupling Ecological, Economic and Engineering Studies to Formulate Guidelines for Dam Removal and River Restoration in the Great Lakes.	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	Sandusky	n/a	Sandusky River, Ohio	Spring 2003-2006; Completed (Reference #3)	Ohio State University / ODNR			T. Granata, 417C Hitchcock, 2070 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Oh 43210
2		Description: Development of general guidelines and modeling tools to assess the ecological, hydraulic, and economic impacts of dam removals and management options within the Great Lakes. This work has also entailed additions of spawning substrate below the Ballville Dam (Sandusky River) to monitor response of walleye spawning.
3	Ohio Barrier/Access Project: Ballville Dam	Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies	Sandusky	n/a	Sandusky Co., Ohio; Freemont	Ongoing; dam removal feasibility study being considered	Ohio Div. of Wildlife, USFWS, ODNR, USACE, Ohio Div. of Water	Sediment (Ponar grabs)		E. Weimer, Sandusky Fish Research Unit, ODNR, 305 E. Shoreline Dr. Sandusky, Ohio 44
3	Ohio Barrier/Access Project: Ballville Dam	Description: Ballville Dam on Sandusky River blocks upstream walleye migration and starves existing spawning habitat of gravel/cobble renourishment.

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Tiffin

No habitat-related projects currently recorded.
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Upper Maumee

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency / Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	Dredge Sediment Plume Characterization Study	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	Lower Maumee, Upper Maumee	n/a	Maumee Bay, Ohio	Summer 2004, results/completion report summer 2006	US Army Corps of Engineers, Ohio Division of Wildlife
1	Dredge Sediment Plume Characterization Study	Description: Characterization of spatial extent of suspended sediment plumes as they relate to dredging operations in and around Maumee Bay using Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler and turbidity meters.
2	Maumee River AOC	Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies	Lower Maumee, Upper Maumee	n/a	Maumee River, OH	Ongoing	OHEPA: RAP co-ordinator / Extensive list of government, industry and NGO, see website				http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/aoc/maumee.html
2	Maumee River AOC	Description: Ongoing rehab via implementation of RAP (stage 2): details [http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/aoc/maumee.html]
3	Maumee Bay Habitat Restoration Unit	Rehabilitation Projects: Implementing strategies, engineering studies	Lower Maumee, Upper Maumee	n/a	Maumee Bay and nearby nearshore areas and or south shore marshes of the western basin, Ohio	Ongoing - information from Middle Harbor experiment will be further developed for this project	Ohio Division of Wildlife / Army Corps of Engineers, ODNR, USFWS, Toledo Port Authority, Lake Erie Charter Boat Association	Sediment (Ponar grabs and side scan imagery)		J. Tyson, Sandusky Fish Research Unit, ODNR, 305 E. Shoreline Dr. Sandusky, Ohio 44
3	Maumee Bay Habitat Restoration Unit	Description: Examining the beneficial reuse of dredge materials for physical habitat restoration. Potential for restoration of degraded sites – such as dredge disposal sites, or use to soften wave energy in nearshore areas.

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By Waterbody

West basin

	Project Title	Project Type	Watershed(s)	Waterbody(ies)	Location	Status	Lead Agency / Partners	Variables Measured	Documents	Contact	Links
1	Sandusky River/Bay walleye movement and spawning habitat study	Projects involving monitoring and evaluation of habitat	Sandusky	Lake Erie	Sandusky River/Bay	Ongoing 2006-2008	ODNR, Div. of Wildlife / Ohio State University			E. Weimer, Sandusky Fish Research Unit, ODNR, 305 E. Shoreline Dr. Sandusky, Ohio 44
1		Description: Sandusky River/Bay spawning stock movement will be monitored during spawning to determine, among other things, location and use of available spawning habitat within the bay and river.

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