Complete report - Partners for Clean Streams

of pollution prevention. They manage a website (www.nwop2.org) to serve as the
resource for pollution prevention information in Northwest Ohio. This group was
briefly a subcommittee of the Maumee RAP Public Outreach and Education Action
Group in 1998.
Lead Organization:
Collaborator(s):
Ohio EPA NWDO
Owens Community College, Toledo Division of Environmental Services, BGSU,
University of Toledo, Maumee RAP, Toledo Zoo, COSI, Maumee Bay State Park,
Toledo Area Metroparks, Lucas County Solid Waste Management District, Wood
County Solid Waste Management District, Keep Toledo-Lucas County Beautiful,
Lucas SWCD
Duck and Otter Creeks Partnership, Inc.
1999 - Present
Description:
Members of the Maumee RAP Dumps and Landfills Action Group spearheaded an
initiative in the Duck and Otter Creeks watersheds to bring together stakeholders in a
voluntarily partnership to investigate and address environmental issues affecting
these watersheds. (see – Duck and Otter Creeks Stakeholders Summit for more
details)
The Duck and Otter Creeks Partnership, Inc. is a voluntary non-profit organization
whose members include citizens, local businesses, industries, government agencies,
institutions, and public organizations. Early charter-signing members include Susan
Horvath, Sunoco, Inc., Envirosafe Services of Ohio, Pilkington North America, Inc.,
BP Amoco Oil - Toledo Refinery, TMACOG, City of Toledo, Department of Public
Utilities, Bowser-Morner, Inc., The Mannik & Smith Group, Inc., Natural Areas
Stewardship, Inc., and the City of Oregon. In addition to these members, the
Partnership has a number of other active non-charter signing participants.
The Partnership is dedicated to the mission of better understanding the nature of the
water, sediments, flood plains and adjacent wetlands of Duck and Otter Creeks for the
purpose of promoting the protection of human health and biological integrity through
voluntary non-regulatory actions.
Duck and Otter Creeks Partnership Watershed Coordinator (2000 - 2006)
The Partnership hired a full-time Watershed Coordinator through a six-year, $191,000
grant from the Ohio DNR, with matching cash and in-kind commitments totaling over
$151,000 for six years. The Watershed Coordinator will assist the Partnership with
watershed planning, organizational development, public outreach, and project
development and implementation. The Partnership has recently undertaken a limited
strategic planning process to identify the key objectives it will focus on for the next
several years and the types of activities or projects that could fulfill these objectives.
Lead Organization:
Collaborator(s):
Duck and Otter Creeks Partnership, Inc.
(funded in part by a grant from Ohio DNR)
Financial matches provided by City of Oregon, City of Toledo,
Bowser-Morner, Inc., Envirosafe Services of Ohio, BP Amoco,
Pilkington, Sunoco, Inc., among others. The University of
Toledo Lake Erie Center is donating office space, computer,
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Issue 22: Coordinating Committee
in the Maumee Area of Concern and Institutional Framework