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PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2007 FILE FINAL REPORTS Thirteen reports detailing project status, outcome available online for
public viewing The projects
funded included an assessment of water moving through Mentor Marsh, conversion
of septic system records in Lucas County from paper to electronic, renovation
of a wetland at East Harbor State Park, printing of a nature tourism brochure
for Ashtabula County and support of a Cleveland high school project to educate
locals about the threat of invasive species in Lake Erie. The projects varied
in length from one to three years. The Lake Erie
Protection Fund was established to help finance research and implementation of
projects aimed at protecting and preserving The final
reports of these recently completed projects can be accessed at http://www.epa.state.oh.us/oleo/Grant/grants.htm The Ohio Lake
Erie Commission is comprised of the directors of the Ohio Environmental Protection
Agency and the For more
information about the commission and its programs, visit www.epa.state.oh.us/oleo . -30- For
Additional Information, Contact: (419)
245-2514 EDITORS NOTE: Attached is a list of the final reports for projects that
received funding. A Hydrologic Assessment of Forest Habitats in Fragmented Landscapes Near GIS Septic System Inventory. Project Director: Kurt Erichsen, P.E., Wetland Renovation in Effect of Temperature and Elemental Concentration on the Chemical and
Elemental Composition of Juvenile Percid Otoliths. Project Director: Elizabeth Marschall,
Ph.D., Determining Stream Origin and Migration of Four Purported Walleye
Stocks.
Project Director: Roy Stein, Ph.D., Food Web and Feeding Influences on PCB Bioavailability. Project Director: Susan Fisher, Ph.D., Viability of the Progenies of Project
Director: Konrad Dabrowski, Ph.D., Nature Brochure Series. Project Director: Mark Winchell, Exurban Land Use Change, Watershed Management, and Surface Water
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