OLD WOMAN CREEK WATERSHED ACTION PLAN

Appendicies
What are the goals for Old Woman Creek?
  • Identify water quality issues and develop
    locally based strategies for improvement
  • Conserve the watershed through promoting sustainable growth
  • Enhance community ownership through watershed stewardship education and outreach
Current Water Quality Issues
Sediment and Nutrient Loading
  • Agricultural and construction run-off
  • Malfunctioning home sewage treatment systems
Erosion
  • In-stream and streambank
Habitat Loss
  • Loss of buffers in agricultural areas
  • Encroachment of stream in new developments
  • Changes in water quality affecting aquatic habitat
What is a Watershed Action plan?
  • A watershed action plan is a comprehensive guide for improving and protecting the watershed.
  • A watershed action plan includes an inventory of the watershed resources and identifies and evaluates problems within the watershed.
  • The plan then details goals to protect the high quality resources and to address identified problem areas.
“Everyone lives downstream”
Why do we need a WAP?



The guide helps identify water quality issues

Pollution
Pollution Sources
  Water quality at any given point in the stream is a result of natural and human activity located upstream
Why is the plan locally based?
  •  Each watershed is unique
  •  Local organizations and communities know best!
  •  Locally based plan involves local stakeholders and empowers the community!
Watershed Planning Process
  • Ongoing watershed inventory development
  • Draft objectives matrix developed
  • Workgroup created to write plan
  • Public planning meetings
  • Development of final draft
  • Submittal for endorsement by OEPA, ODNR, and OSU Extension
 

Questions Call:

Breann Hohman, Watershed Coordinator, ESWCD
2900 Columbus Ave.
Sandusky, Ohio 44870
(P) 419 ~ 626 ~ 5211
(F) 419 ~ 609 ~ 9707
(E) bhohman@erie-county-ohio.net

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