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Firelands Coastal Tributaries Watershed Program
The “Watershed Approach” has come to the immediate Firelands Area with the reception of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Watershed Coordinator Grant issued to the Friends of Old Woman Creek to initiate the Firelands Coastal Tributaries Watershed Program. With this grant, a watershed coordinator position was created to oversee the development of a community driven management plan for the Old Woman Creek Watershed as well as increase watershed stewardship awareness throughout the Firelands Coastal Tributaries Area. (Click here for our brochure).

What are the Firelands Coastal Tributaries do you ask?
Much of Erie County’s drainage empties directly into the Sandusky Bay and Lake Erie through tributaries that do not connect to larger river systems. These systems have an extensive drainage area that needs to be broken down into sub-watersheds (“top-down” approach) for effective management. The partners of this program understood that each small watershed in our Firelands Area is unique and will also need special attention for effective management. Because our tributaries do not combine into larger river systems they must be managed separately, using a “ground up” approach for management. The goal for this program is to begin management of the Old Woman Creek Watershed and eventually encompass additional tributaries in the area to reduce non-point source pollution entering Lake Erie.
 
Meet our Partners
Supporters of the Firelands Coastal Tributaries Watershed Program provide technical assistance for watershed improvements projects in the Firelands area and financial means for a grant funded watershed coordinator to oversee the process.
Bowling Green State University*
Bowling Green State University-Firelands College
City of Sandusky Waste Water Treatment
Columbus Foundation: Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve
Program Fund*
Ecosphere and Associates*
Erie County Department of Environmental Services (DOES)
Erie County General Health District*
Erie County Commissioners
Erie Metroparks*
Erie Regional Planning
Erie Soil and Water Conservation District*
Friends of Pipe Creek Watershed
Friends of Old Woman Creek**
Laurence Bettcher*
Huron County Health Department
Huron County Soil and Water Conservation District*
Meadow Environments*
Natural Resource Conservation Service
North Coast Farm Bureau
Ohio Environmental Council*
Old Woman Creek State Nature Preserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve
Sandusky/Erie County Community Foundation*
Sandusky River Watershed Coalition
Western Reserve Land Conservancy-Firelands Chapter*
ODNR Division of Wildlife/Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve (OWC NERR)*
*Original 14 collaborating organizations contributing cash or in-kind match
to the ODNR Watershed Coordinator Grant application.
**Grant Sponsor

Financial support for this website was provided by a grant under the Federal Coastal Zone Management Act, NA07NOS4200102,
administered by the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD
Questions Call: ESWCD 2900 Columbus Ave. - Sandusky, Ohio 44870 - (P) 419 ~ 626 ~ 5211 - (F) 419 ~ 609 ~ 9707