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SI-3A (3/15/05 version)
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Target/Source/Indicator Level |
Target 1: Per the Lake Erie Protection & Restoration Strategy, by 2020, implement Lake Erie Marshes Focus Plan as part of the North American Waterfowl Plan (Level 1). |
Baseline: Unknown |
Target 2: Per the Lake Erie Quality Index (PDF 292kb), achieve an average QHEI score of 55 or greater for Lake Erie shoreline and lacustuaries (lake effect zones) (Level 6). |
Baseline: Lacustuary QHEI scores range from 28 in the Cuyahoga River to 60 in Conneaut Creel; Lake Erie shoreline QHEI scores range from 40 in Sandusky Bay to 71 at Kelleys Island. |
Target 3: Per the Lake Erie Protection & Restoration Strategy, by 2025, assess environmental/economic benefit of each Lake Erie tributary dam, encourage removal of non-beneficial dams, or modify existing dams with fish passage structures where appropriate (Level 1). |
Baseline: Unknown |
Target 4: Per USEPA GLNPO, by 2010, restore, enhance, or rehabilitate 100,000 acres of coastal and inland wetlands in the Great Lakes Basin, using existing Federal, State, and Tribal programs (Level 1). |
Baseline: Unknown. Target is not partitioned by Great Lakes jurisdiction. |
Target 5: Per the ODNR, Division of Natural Areas & Preserves, by 2010, increase by 20 miles or ca. 727 acres, the amount of protected riparian cover (via conservation easements/deed restrictions, and/or land acquisition), along state designated scenic rivers (Level 2). |
Baseline: Approximately 3,600 acres of riparian zone along state designated scenic rivers are protected through ownership or management by the ODNR Scenic Rivers Program; the quantity of scenic river riparian zone protected by others is unknown. |
Target 6: Per the ODNR, Division of Natural Areas & Preserves, by 2010, protect 3 additional rivers or streams through designation as state, wild, scenic or recreational rivers, adding ca. 150 river miles to the scenic river system in Ohio (Level 1). |
Baseline: Currently, Ohio has 11 river systems included as components of the State Scenic Rivers Program, totaling 20 individual stream segments and approximately 700 river miles. |
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Local Targets
In contrast to the above-mentioned existing state, federal and international targets, local stream integrity targets are watershed-based. These targets are highlighted here to recognize the efforts of local watershed groups to support water quality attainment. These watershed-based targets reflect the emphasis on watershed plans that address the causes and sources of impairment and local watershed actions that lead to quantifiable water quality results.