Complete report - Partners for Clean Streams

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Lead Organization:
TMACOG
Awards for Volunteers and Project Supporters
Ongoing
Description:
Lead Organization:
The Maumee RAP has recognized industries, organizations and citizens for their
outstanding contributions to RAP efforts at various events such as the Annual RAP
Gathering and WaterFest. The Maumee RAP has presented framed Lake Erie
charts, shirts, plaques, paper weights, certificates, and resolutions to recognize
participation or contributions.
Maumee RAP Committee
Maumee RAP Annual Gathering
2000-Present (annually)
Description:
Lead Organization:
The Maumee RAP Annual Gatherings have provide the Maumee RAP Committee an
opportunity to recognize the hard work and dedication of its volunteers. In 2000, the
Maumee RAP hosted its first gathering at the Swan Creek Metropark. This included a
walking tour of the streambank stabilization project conducted several years prior (see
Swan Creek Streambank Stabilization Project) and to present Action Group Chairs
with Maumee RAP shirts and a special thank you was presented to June Brown for
decades of committed to improving water quality. The 2001 gathering was held at the
Erie Street Market and included a pontoon boat ride on the lower reach of Swan
Creek.
Maumee RAP Committee
Lake Erie Protection Fund Grants
1992 – Present (annually and quarterly)
Description:
The Ohio Lake Erie Commission distributes large research and implementation grants
and small grants to address water quality issues throughout the Ohio Lake Erie basin.
Many local university professors and students have completed research projects
under this fund, along with the numerous watershed groups that have implemented
public awareness workshops, trainings and planning projects.
An example project includes research to link sources of fecal contamination with the
bacteria problem at Maumee Bay State Park. It has also funded the implementation
of many Maumee RAP programs. Some of these projects include the Toledo
Metropolitan Area Stormwater Utility Study and the Swan Creek Plan of Action. Many
other projects funded by the Lake Erie Protection Fund are listed throughout this
report.
Lead Organization:
Ohio Lake Erie Commission
Student Watershed Watch (f.k.a. Maumee Bay Watershed Project)
Activities and Accomplishments
in the Maumee Area of Concern
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Issue 5: Increase Public
Participation and Awareness