The Maumee Corps project is officially underway and on-the-ground! This grant funded project is meant to improve habitats around the Maumee Area of Concern while putting otherwise unemployed workers back to work. Over 1,360 acres of land and approximately 4,000 linear feet of stream bank will be improved. Native plants will be harvested and re-planted, […]
Every year, thousands of fishermen from all over the country swamp the Maumee River in search of the perfect walleye. About mid-March, fisherman can be seen standing shoulder to shoulder casting lines in the Maumee River near Perrysburg and Maumee. One estimate was that 100,000 fishermen take part in this annual ritual. The flood of […]
It is time to start thinking spring! And that means Storm Drain Marking is around the corner! This year, on April 27th, we are teaming up with Global Youth Service Day to do Storm Drain Marking in multiple jurisdictions around Toledo. We are looking for energetic volunteers ages 10 and up who want to educate […]
On Monday, January 14th, a group of 18 people discussed how informational material about local and state fish consumption advisories could be improved. The discussion group was part of 7 Focus Groups that are being held around the Great Lakes states. Cornell University received a grant to study the effectiveness and fluency of understanding Fish […]
Winter is a quieter time for PCS publicly, but within the office our staff is busily preparing for upcoming events and projects like the Patch Day Workshop and monitoring the Camp Miakonda Habitat Restoration Project. With a new year comes new resolutions, and the PCS staff has a few recommendations to help turn that new […]
Researchers from the State University of New York have recently found startlingly high concentrations of micro-plastics in eastern Lake Erie. This study is part of a global endeavor to understand the origin and prevalence of plastic pollution in waters worldwide in cooperation with the Los Angeles-based 5 Gyres Institute. According to the research, some of […]
As part of Northwest Ohio Community Shares, we are selling tickets to the Annual Share-a-Glass Wine and Beer Tasting event. It will be held on Saturday, February 23rd at 7pm at the UAW Local 14 Hall, 5411 Jackman Road. Tickets are $20 for a single and $35 for a pair. For more information, please visit […]
Many local fisherman don’t think of the college campuses as prime fishing grounds but multiple Steelhead Trout were recently caught on the University of Toledo’s campus in the Ottawa River. According to Matt Markey, The Toledo Blade Outdoors Editor, the Steelhead Trout spends its summers in Lake Erie and in streams in the colder months, […]
Now that we have a moment for reflection before we begin a new trip around the sun, let’s review all the accomplishments for the year. From removing record breaking amounts of lead and line from the Maumee River, to over a thousand storm drains being marked and breaking new records with Clean Your Streams Day, […]
A Fish Consumption Advisory discussion group for local fisherman and fish consumers will be held on January 14th, 2013. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Partners for Clean Streams, and the Minnesota Department of Health are working together with Cornell University to recruit people who catch and eat locally caught fish to give us their opinions […]