Year: 2021

For 25 years Clean Your Streams has been held in the Maumee Area of Concern (AOC) to work towards removing BUI 11, Degradation of Aesthetics. Clean Your Streams Day started in 1997 under the Remedial Action Plan Committee at TMACOG. 1997 was the first Annual Maumee Watershed Clean Your Streams Day with 2 kickoffs, with […]

The Maumee AOC Advisory Committee (MAAC) has been seeking feedback on design feature ideas intended to protect and enhance habitat at several island areas in the Maumee River. The group hosted an Open House outside at Walbridge Park and made presentations or had discussions with numerous other interested groups this fall. These design ideas are […]

Please Join Us! The Maumee AOC Advisory Committee (MAAC) is hosting a public open house to share design feature ideas intended to protect and enhance habitat at several island areas in the Maumee River and to seek public input. Thursday, October 28, 2021, 4:00 p.m. – 6: 30 p.m. Walbridge Park Picnic Pavilion 2761 Broadway […]

Easily the most famously known river in Ohio, the Cuyahoga AOC started its work in 1987 aiming to remove 9 BUI’s. In 2017 the first BUI was removed. Two years later in 2019, BUI 11 Degradation of Aesthetics was removed.  The focus for 2020 was BUI 3 Degradation of Fish and Wildlife Populations and BUI […]

Primary BUI Addressed: BUI 14b: Loss of Wildlife Habitat Project Location: Fox Unit Property project adds to the network of complex ecosystems that provides critical wildlife habitat near Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge to enhance the coastal wetland corridor.  This 40-acre project is located directly across State Route 2 from the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Visitor […]

The Black River AOC was initially tasked with removing 9 Beneficial Use Impairments in 1987. In 2017 BUI # 1 Fish and Wildlife Consumption and BUI # 8 Eutrophication or Undesirable Algae were removed. In January 2021, BUI #11 Degradation of Aesthetics was removed by US EPA. BUI 7 Restrictions on Dredging Activities is also […]

After 20 years of extensive investigations of Otter Creek sediment, stream conditions, and ecological conditions, we are excited to share that the Otter Creek Project started last month. This project aims to reduce potential harm from exposure to chemicals accumulated in the sediment by reducing PAH and DRO exposure to organisms and ultimately reducing associated […]

Since the development of the Ashtabula River Remedial Action Plan (RAP) Council in 1988, the Ashtabula started to address the 6 BUI’s of the Ashtabula. After years of work, the first round of removal of the BUI’s came in 2014 when three BUI’s were removed; this included BUI 1 Restriction on Fish and Wildlife Consumption, […]

Just north of the Toledo Express Airport lies Northwest Ohio’s biggest wet prairie restoration project to date. The goal is to have 280 acres of critical wetland and upland prairie restored through this project. In tandem with restoring this landscape for sandhill crane populations and other wildlife, this project aims to provide flood retention, groundwater […]

We are excited to share that work on the 2020 MAAC Annual Report will be available soon! The Report will be updated each year to showcase progress made towards eventual AOC delisting. Please consider requesting copies of the Report to pass out at the next applicable meeting or conference that you attend and share the […]