Watershed Work

It's true for every person on this planet: wherever you live, you live in a watershed. And if you live in Lucas County, you live in a watershed full of unique and valuable landscapes, from the globally rare Oak Openings, to prime farmland on century-old family farms, to the shores of Lake Erie, one of the world's largest sources of freshwater and the Great Lakes' most productive fishery. We work to develop programs that balance all of our resources through education, cooperation, and local decision-making.

Nine-Element Watershed Planning

There are twenty-eight HUC-12 subwatersheds in Lucas County, and local, state and federal groups are working to create comprehensive plans to improve water quality in each one. The plans use past water sampling data to highlight areas of unhealthy streams, identify the reasons, and propose projects on the landscape that can prevent polluted runoff. Lucas SWCD and other watershed groups can then seek targeted funding for these projects.
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​Check out the first of the projects we're tackling in the Heilman Ditch-Swan Creek watershed here, and see the full list of draft and complete Nine-Element Plans here.