The city of oregon, ohio will implement a stream restoration project at the oregon recreational complex in the maumee river area of concern (AOC)

The City of Oregon, Ohio will receive $1.344 million under a Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5's Geographic Programs - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 66.469) program. The funding will support a stream restoration project at the Oregon Recreational Complex Area of Concern in the Maumee River watershed from July 2021 through December 2024. Specifically, the City will stabilize 5,300 linear feet of eroding stream banks and install riparian buffers and floodplain habitat totaling 2.5 and 3.5 acres respectively. This work will improve fish habitat and reduce non-point source pollution entering the waterway by an estimated 9 million gallons annually. The restoration activities funded under this award will contribute to removing beneficial use impairments in the Area of Concern as identified under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative program.

The project will stabilize 5,300 linear feet of eroding and incised stream banks and will promote habitat features (i.e. meanders, pools, and riffles) resulting in the installation of 2.5 acres of riparian buffer and 3.5 acres of restored floodplain habitat. Project implementation will reduce the degradation of stream benthic communities and improve fish habitat, contributing to the removal of the degradation of benthos and loss of fish habitats beneficial use impairments (buis). The project will also reduce 9 million gallons of non-point source pollution annually.