The North Coast Regional Council of Park Districts (NCRCPD) received a Great Lakes Coastal Restoration Grant in 2003 that would provide funding to promote regional planning and management in the multiple counties of the North Central Ohio Lake Erie Watershed (Lorain, Erie, Medina & Sandusky counties). The grant project, which is just Phase 1, includes:

• A regional clearinghouse of natural resource information;
• A landuse classification system for detailed analysis;
• Scientific quantifiable methodology to pinpoint critical tracts of land required for preserving & restoring water quality in Lake Erie;
• An interactive, public internet mapping web site that would enable other agencies to produce custom mapping for future funding;
• Provide a regional planning tool to reduce duplicity;
• Create a platform for future data management and review by the public & other agencies;
• This web site is the final product of that Phase 1 project. Additional funding is being sought to include more information.

Future funding should include data for Wood, Huron, Seneca, Ottawa, Lucas and other Lake Erie watershed counties.

Water Quality Calculations and Methodology

Print Maps

North Central Ohio Lake Erie Internet Mapping and GIS,
Phase 1 North Coast Regional Council of Park Districts

This project was funded in part by a Great Lakes Coastal Restoration Grant (GLCRG) supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through the Ohio Coastal Management Program (OCMP).