An Rx For Lake Erie Streams Izaak Walton League of America, Ohio
Division Basin Program Funds: Ohio Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has identified sediments and attached substances
from nonpoint source pollution as a major source of
contamination in Lake Erie and its tributaries. While
considerable work has been done to control rural nonpoint source
pollution, its urban counter-part continues to grow in volume.
The Izaak Walton League of America, Ohio Division (IWLA) sought
to tap citizen concern and willingness to behave in an
environmentally sensitive manner and enhance as yet
underdeveloped programs to monitor and restore urban streams.
Historically Ohio Soil & Water Conservation Districts (SWCD)
have concentrated on correcting agricultural nonpoint source
pollution such as sedimentation, nutrient enrichment and
pesticide deposition. Consequently remedial measures are
relatively well-developed to address these issues but measures
addressing urban run-off and stream modification are not nearly
so well