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Ohio Lake Erie Buffer Initiative- Final Report
  Acknowledgements

The Ohio Lake Erie Buffer Initiative was made possible by a grant from the Ohio Lake Erie Protection Fund and funds from local governments.

The following are acknowledged for special support or assistance:

  • Ohio Lake Erie Office for services of Linda Zmudzinski to take minutes at team meetings.
  • Erie Basin RC&D for providing fiscal services.
  • OSU Sea Grant for duplicating photo CD’s.
  • OSU Extension for Direct Seeding Training Workshop.
  • The late Jim Fofrich Sr. for boat services for filming of Agri Country TV program.
  • The late Ed Johnson for lending his enthusiasm and TV show to support the effort.
  • USDA NRCS for coordinator services and coordinator support and travel.
  • ODNR Div. of Wildlife for helicopter services for aerial photos and for logo design.
  • ODNR Wildlife and Ohio EPA for storing and distributing buffer signs.
  • OHIO EPA for fish shocking demonstrations during filming of Agri County TV program.
  • ODNR Div. of Soil & Water Conservation for leadership on Lake Erie CREP Program.
  • Ohio Department of Agriculture for leadership in the Certified Consultant Training Program.
  • Ohio Corn Growers, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, Ohio Wetland Foundation and The Nature Conservancy for financial support for Buffer Ohio Program.
  • Local Soil and Water Conservation Districts for vigorously promoting the program within their county and presenting Lake Erie Buffer Awards.
  • Great Lakes Commission for awarding the team the GIS project grant.
  • Landowners, who embraced this idea and installed new buffers on their land.

The Ohio Lake Erie Buffer Team Members would like to thank the Lake Erie Commission for its funding support.  We would also like to thank our agencies, organizations and supervisors for their support in making our time and agency resources available to work on this project.  This has been a pioneering effort and truly rewardable work, which will benefit generations of Ohioan's for years to come.

Ohio Lake Erie Buffer Initiative FINAL REPORT- March 2004

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