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This chapter provides a comprehensive and chronological review of the procedures that were used to identify suitable sites for wetland and stream restoration in the Swan Creek and Tenmile Creek/Ottawa River watersheds within northwest Ohio. It includes an explanation of the datasets that were used to generate aerial photographic base mapping, evaluation of existing conditions within the two watersheds and the development of the GIS predictive model that was utilized to identify potential wetland and stream restoration sites and that were used to select the final 26 sites for the development of conceptual wetland and/or stream restoration plans.
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This document was prepared by The Mannik & Smith Group, Inc. and Hull & Associates, Inc. with funding from the Joyce Foundation through the Partners for Clean Streams Inc. (PCS). The project could not have been accomplished without the contribution of in-kind services and technical oversight from the members of the Ottawa River/Swan Creek Wetland and Riparian Inventory Project Management Team (PMT), which was comprised of the following individuals: Cherie Blair Ohio EPA (Project Management Team Leader), Patekka Bannester City of Toledo Division of Environmental Services, Regina Collins City of Toledo Division of Environmental Services, Lara Kurtz City of Toledo Division of Environmental Services, Kelly DeBruyn City of Toledo Division of Forestry, Denny Garvin City of Toledo Division of Forestry, David Leffler City of Toledo Department of Public Utilities, Matt Horvat Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments, Rob Krain Black Swamp Conservancy, Kevin Joyce Black Swamp Conservancy, Marleen Kromer The Nature Conservancy, Patrick L. Lawrence The University of Toledo, Kelli Paige The Nature Conservancy, Molly Maguire Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commission, Tim Schetter Metroparks of the Toledo Area, John Jaeger Metroparks of the Toledo Area, and Katie Swartz American Rivers.
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Eiseman, M., Lawrence, P.L., Walters, T., Crowell, H., Kusnier, J. (2013). GIS Based Decision-Making Model for the Identification of High Priority Wetland and Stream Restoration Sites. In: Lawrence, P. (eds) Geospatial Tools for Urban Water Resources. Geotechnologies and the Environment, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4734-0_7
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