Public Outreach: Links
The following organizations and agencies can provide a variety of information, answer questions, and direct you to sources for information on the WLEB project area, the Maumee Watershed, and Lake Erie. Click on the organization's name to like to their web site.
Contact us:
Western Lake Erie Basin Partnership
1776 Niagara Street
Buffalo. New York 14207-3199
Email: wlebhelp@wleb.org
Science and Information - these organizations provide science based information on the health and natural resources of the watershed and Lake Erie:
- Ohio Lake Erie Commission
- UT Lake Erie Center
- Ohio Sea Grant
- Great Lakes Commission
- International Joint Commission
- ODNR Division of Coastal Management
- ODNR Division of Wildlife
- ODNR Division of Water - Water Withdrawals
Assistance to Individual Landowners - these organizations provide assistance to individual landowners and groups in solving on the ground resource management problems:
- ODNR Division of Soil and Water Conservation
- Soil and Water Conservation Districts
- Ohio NRCS Home Page
- Indiana State Department of Agriculture
- Michigan Department of Agriculture
- Toledo-Lucas Co. Raingarden Initiative
- Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program
Information on Water, Flooding and Navigation - these organizations provide information on water, navigation and flooding relative to the watershed, project area, and Lake Erie.
- US Geological Survey
- US Army Corps of Engineers
- ODNR Division of Water
- Clean Marinas Program
- Clean Boater Program
- Clean Boats Every Day
The Environment and Environmental Protection - these organizations provide science based information on the environment and environmental protection of the WLEB project area and Lake Erie.
- Ohio Lake Erie Commission
- US EPA, Great Lakes National Project Office
- Ohio EPA
- Indiana Department of Environmental Management
- Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
- Ohio Department of Health
- Ohio Department of Agriculture
- Maumee Remedial Action Plan
Local Watershed Groups and Natural Resource Organizations - these natural resource based organizations are active in the WLEB project area and provide information opportunities for citizens of the WLEB area to become engaged in natural resources programs and projects.
- Ohio Environmental Council
- The Nature Conservancy
- Environmental Defense, Center for Conservation Initiatives
- Duck and Otter Creek Partnership
- Partners for Clean Streams
- Pheasants Forever
- St. Joseph River Watershed Initiative
- Conservation Action Project
- Ohio Farm Bureau
- Lake Erie Waterkeepers
- The Joyce Foundation
- Blanchard River Watershed Partnership
- Ottawa River Kleanup Association
Recreation and Tourism in the WLEB and Lake Erie Region