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Wolf Creek HUC-12 (04100009 08 03) Version 1.0 May, 2017 Nine-Element Approved: August 17, 2017 Nonpoint Source Implementation Strategic Plan (NPS-IS plan) Lower Swan Creek: Wolf Creek HUC-12 (04100009 08 03) Created by: The Olander Park System 3930 Sylvania Ave. Sylvania, OH 43560 Partners for Clean Streams, Inc. P.O. 203 Perrysburg, OH 43552 The Metroparks of the Toledo Area 5100 W. Central Ave. Ottawa Hills, OH 43615 The Nature Conservancy Oak Openings Region Project Office 10420 Old State Line Rd. Swanton, OH 43558 This page intentionally left blank i WOLF CREEK HUC-12 (04100009 08 03) Table of Contents Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................ iv Chapter 1: Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Report Background ...................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Watershed Profile & History ........................................................................................................................ 2 1.3 Public Participation and Involvement .......................................................................................................... 3 Chapter 2: Wolf Creek HUC-12 Watershed Characterization and Assessment Summary ................................. 5 2.1 Summary Watershed Characterization for Wolf Creek HUC-12 .................................................................. 5 2.1.1 Physical and Natural Features ................................................................................................. 5 2.1.2 Land Use and Protection ......................................................................................................... 7 2.2 Summary of Biological Trends for Wolf Creek HUC-12 ............................................................................... 8 2.3 Summary of NPS Pollution Causes and Associated Sources for Wolf Creek HUC-12 ................................. 11 2.4 Additional Information for Determining Critical Areas and Developing Implementation Strategies for Wolf Creek HUC-12 .................................................................................................................................... 11 Chapter 3: Conditions & Restoration Strategies for Wolf Creek HUC-12 Critical Areas .................................. 12 3.1 Overview of Critical Areas .......................................................................................................................... 12 3.2 Critical Area 1: Conditions, Goals & Objectives for the Upper Reach of Wolf Creek ................................. 13 3.2.1 Detailed Characterization ..................................................................................................... 13 3.2.2 Detailed Biological Conditions .............................................................................................. 14 3.2.3 Detailed Causes and Associated Sources ............................................................................... 15 3.2.4 Outline Goals and Objectives for the Critical Area ................................................................. 16 Objectives..................................................................................................................................... 16 3.3 Critical Area 2: Conditions, Goals & Objectives for the Lower Reach of Wolf Creek.................................. 18 3.3.1 Detailed Characterization ..................................................................................................... 18 3.3.2 Detailed Biological Conditions .............................................................................................. 18 3.3.3 Detailed Causes and Associated Sources ............................................................................... 20 3.3.4 Outline Goals and Objectives for the Critical Area ................................................................. 21 Objectives..................................................................................................................................... 22 Chapter 4: Projects and Implementation Strategy .......................................................................................... 24 4.1 Overview Tables and Project Sheets for Critical Areas .............................................................................. 24 4.2 Critical Area 1: Overview Table and Project Sheet(s) for the Upper Reach of Wolf Creek ......................... 24 4.2.1 Critical Area 1: Project and Implementation Strategy Overview Table .................................... 25 4.2.2 Critical Area 1: Project Summary Sheet(s) ............................................................................. 28 4.3 Critical Area 2: Overview Table and Project Sheet(s) for the Lower Reach of Wolf Creek ......................... 34 4.3.1 Critical Area 2: Project and Implementation Strategy Overview Table .................................... 34 4.3.2 Critical Area 2: Project Summary Sheet(s) ............................................................................. 36 Works Cited ...................................................................................................................................................... 37 Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations ....................................................................................................... 40 Appendix B: Index of Tables and Figures ......................................................................................................... 42 ii WOLF CREEK HUC-12 (04100009 08 03) iii WOLF CREEK HUC-12 (04100009 08 03) Acknowledgements The Olander Park System would like to thank the Ohio EPA for funding the writing of this NPS-IS plan with Section 319(h) Nonpoint Source Program grant funds, as well as the Metroparks of the Toledo Area and The Nature Conservancy for contributing funds and input for this project. A special thank you to Cherie Blair, Ohio EPA; Rick Wilson, Ohio EPA; and Kristina Patterson, Partners for Clean Streams for providing clarifying information and a wealth of knowledge to the construction of this document, as well as the many partners who have come together to include projects and input for this HUC-12. Staff support from The Olander Park System from Cindy Carnicom and Melanie Coulter (formerly) was instrumental in the writing of this watershed plan. This NPS-IS plan will help direct projects to expeditiously address the nonpoint source impairments in the Wolf Creek HUC-12 of the Lower Swan Creek watershed. This product or publication was financed in part or totally through a grant from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Environmental Protection Agency with the following funds: Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management Program. The contents and views, including any opinions, findings, or conclusions or recommendations, contained in this product or publication are those of the authors and have not been subject to any Ohio Environmental Protection Agency or United States Environmental Protection Agency peer or administrative review and may not necessarily reflect the views of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency or the United States Environmental Protection Agency and no official endorsement should be inferred. iv WOLF CREEK HUC-12 (04100009 08 03) Chapter 1: Introduction The Wolf Creek HUC-12 (04100009 08 03) is located in northern Lucas County, OH, and contains a watershed of 27.13 square miles (Figure 1). The largest stream in this watershed is Wolf Creek, approximately 7.5 miles long. Several ditches flow to Wolf Creek throughout the HUC-12; those with the largest floodplains include Stone Ditch, Cairl Creek and Drennan Ditch (Figure 2)1. Waterways within this HUC-12 are contained within the HUC-12 boundaries, with the exception of Drennan Ditch, which has headwaters beginning in the Ai Creek HUC-12 (04100009 07 01). Land use within the watershed is primarily developed (~50%), with approximately 25% of the HUC-12 forested and almost 20% in cropland or pasture throughout the western and southern sections of the watershed. FIGURE 1: LOCATION OF THE WOLF CREEK HUC-12 WITHIN THE MAUMEE AOC. While watershed plans could be all-inclusive inventories, this NPS-IS plan is developed to address nonpoint source restoration strategies. The U.S. EPA identified nine critical elements to include in strategic planning documents for impaired waters, and to ease implementation of projects addressing nonpoint source management, current federal and state nonpoint source funding opportunities require strategic watershed plans incorporate these nine key elements, concisely to HUC-12 watersheds. Partners within the larger Maumee Area of Concern (AOC) are collaborating to develop Nine-Element Nonpoint Source Implementation Strategic Plans (NPS-IS plan) for all the HUC-12 watersheds within the Maumee AOC. FIGURE 2: RIVER MILE MAP OF WOLF CREEK HUC-12. This NPS-IS plan for the Wolf Creek HUC-12 is one of three being authored by The Olander Park System, in conjunction with Partners for Clean Streams, Metroparks of the Toledo Area and The Nature Conservancy. 1.1 Report Background In 1987, the Maumee AOC was created under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. With this, a committee formed to develop the Maumee Remedial Action Plan (RAP). In 2006, the Maumee RAP committee created the Maumee Area of Concern
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