The following is a list by focus area of project titles (link to project web page, if available) and the corresponding Ohio/Lake Erie GLRI awardees (link to organization home page, if available). Contact information and a brief description of each project is available on the project summary list (PDF).

Toxics/AOCs

Cuyahoga AOC Urban Riparian Habitat Restoration Phase 1 (Cuyahoga Co Engineer’s Office)

Ottawa River Watershed Scrap Yard Pollution Prevention Program (City of Toledo, Dept. of Public Utilities)

Prevention of Surface Water Contamination from Biosolids Application (University of Toledo)

Installation Incentives for Dental Amalgam Separators (NEORSD)

Invasive Species

Phragmites Control in W. LE Coastal Wetlands (The Nature Conservancy)

Invasive Plant Prevention and Control, Grand River Watershed (TNC)

Nearshore Health/Nonpoint Source Pollution Reduction

TMDL for Ottawa River (Lima) Watershed (OEPA - Div. of Surface Water)

Cuyahoga County Surface Water Improvement Fund (OEPA - Div. of Surface Water)

Toledo Harbor Sediment Management and Reuse (OLEC)

Phosphorus Reduction: Variable Rate Technology Program (OEPA - Div. of Surface Water)

Improving Communication about Beach Water Quality (includes Beach Poster Contest) (ODH)

Sanitary Surveys to Reduce Pollution at Lake Erie Beaches (ODH)

Process Based Predictive Models for Complex Urban Beaches (NEORSD)

Innovative Rapid Identification of LE Fecal Source (OSU)

Holistic Watershed Approach to Health at Huntington Beach (Cuyahoga County Board of Health)

Rapid Method Data Comparison at Bathing Beaches in Ohio (NEORSD)

Selective, Multiplexed, Real-time Detection of Bacteria (Northeast Ohio Univ., College of Medicine)

North Central Ohio Sediment Reduction Project (Huron SWCD) (also see Project Brochure)

Habitat Restoration

Cuyahoga AOC Habitat & Fish Restoration Opportunities (ODNR - Div. of Wildlife)

North Bass Island Restoration (ODNR - Div. of Parks and Recreation)

Reforestation of Maumee Bay & MJ Thurston State Parks (ODNR - Div. of Parks and Recreation)

Ashtabula AOC Habitat Restoration (OEPA - Div. of Surface Water)

Restoring Ottawa River Wetlands & Habitat in the Maumee AOC (Partners for Clean Streams Inc.)

Wet Prairie Restoration in the Maumee AOC (TNC)

Cuyahoga AOC Urban Riparian Habitat Restoration Phase 2 (Cuyahoga County Engineer's Office)

Lacustrine Refuge in Cuyahoga AOC (Cuyahoga SWCD)

Accountability, Monitoring, Evaluation, Communication, and Partnerships

Ohio Comprehensive Lake Erie Nearshore Monitoring Program (OEPA - Div. of Surface Water)

Lake Erie Synthesis & Coordination Team (OLEC)