Complete report - Partners for Clean Streams

create partnerships between public and private organizations
- Monitor Ohio’s Lake Erie conservation buffer progress and assess benefits of
widespread buffer installation throughout the Lake Erie watershed.
Lead Organization:
Collaborator(s):
USDA-NRCS
Ohio Lake Erie Commission; US ACOE; US Geological Survey; Pheasants Forever;
Ohio DNR Divisions of Wildlife, Soil and Water Conservation, Natural Areas and
Preserves; Ohio Corn Growers Association; Ohio State University Extension; Ohio
EPA; ODA; OSU Sea Grant; Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority; Black River RAP;
Maumee RAP; Cuyahoga RAP; Erie Basin Resource Conservation and Development;
and Ohio Wetlands Foundation
Ohio Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program
2000
Description:
Lead Organization:
This plan addresses nonpoint pollution concerns throughout the Lake Erie basin. To
alleviate nonpoint pollution, a method of source management is necessary. This
program outlines recommendations to improve Lake Erie water quality, including:
- Agricultural Sources - monitoring and targeting nonpoint pollution,
developing incentive programs, initiating prevention efforts, developing
abatement initiatives, and developing partnerships with industries.
- Urban Areas
- Marinas and Recreational
- Hydromodification
- Wetlands and Riparian Areas
- Critical Coastal Areas and Impaired or Threatened Waters
- Developing Sustainable Watershed Protection Programs
- Water Quality Monitoring and Tracking Techniques
Ohio DNR
Ohio Lake Erie Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)
2000
Description:
Announced in April 2000 by Governor Bob Taft, the $201 million conservation
partnership between the State of Ohio and the US Department of Agriculture will
protect Lake Erie and 5,000 miles of Ohio streams by reducing soil erosion and runoff
pollution in Lake Erie's Northwest Ohio watersheds. This federal and state program
pays farmers and other landowners to plant or create filter strips, riparian buffers,
wetlands, hardwood tress, wildlife habitat, and field windbreaks along tributary
streams in 27 Northwest Ohio counties in the following major watersheds: Maumee
River, Portage River, Sandusky River, Huron River, Vermilion River, Black River, and
the Lake Erie direct drainage. The goal is to enroll 67,000 of the 600,000 eligible
acres along watercourses and suitable sites in the western Lake Erie watershed. This
state money helped leverage $20 million in Federal money to expand the Buffer Zone
Program.
Eligible producers receive a payment from USDA based on 175% of the base annual
soil rental rate for riparian buffers, wetland restoration, hardwood tree planting, and
field windbreaks. They receive 155% of the base annual soil rental rate payment for
Activities and Accomplishments
in the Maumee Area of Concern
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Issue 1: Agriculture Runoff