ODNR Office of Coastal Management
  


  
  

Apply Now for Coastal Grants

Applications for Coastal Management Assistance Grants will be accepted until 5 p.m. November 14, 2008. Funds will be announced in spring 2009 for projects that start July 1, 2009 (FY2010).

Council's Dr. Heath Honored

At the September Ohio Lake Erie Commission Meeting, long-time Coastal Resources Advisory Council Member Dr. Robert Heath was presented a 2008 Ohio Lake Erie Individual Award for his 38 years of ecology research and study of climate change on Lake Erie and its tributaries.

 


  

Balancing use and preservation of Ohio's greatest natural resource.

Lake Erie Coastal Management

Ohio's Lake Erie watershed is home to diverse ecosystems supporting hundreds of species of fish, wildlife and plants. Thousands of people make their homes along Lake Erie's shore. Millions of Ohioans tap Lake Erie as their source of daily drinking water.
Photo: Shadow of Marblehead Lighthouse on bedrock as seen from atop the lighthouse.
Billions of dollars are spent annually by visitors to the coastal region. Ohio's Lake Erie Watershed includes large and small businesses and industry, world-class institutes of higher-education, welcoming residential communities, prime farmland, scenic rivers, lush forests, natural wetlands and marshes, growing sand dunes, thriving estuaries and countless other resources, seamlessly unifying Ohio with the world's largest source of fresh surface water.

To help ensure a balance between the use of resources along Ohio's 312-mile coast with sustaining a healthy environment, the ODNR
Office of Coastal Management administers the federally approved Ohio Coastal Management Program. The program sets forth policies and guidelines in nine issue areas to monitor activities that affect coastal resources and ensure resource protection while balancing economic, cultural and environmental interests.

The mission of the Office of Coastal Management is to "Achieve a balance between use and preservation of Lake Erie's coastal resources, in collaboration with our partners, by effectively administering the Ohio Coastal Management Program.


About the Office of Coastal Management

 

 

About the Ohio Coastal Management Program

 

 

About the federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972


Logo: Ohio Coastal Management Program

 

 


Site last updated 10/06/2008