The Draft Maumee River (lower) Tributaries and Lake Erie Tributaries Watershed TMDL is now available for public review and comment. Follow the links below to the Ohio EPA website to read and comment on the report. The project area includes the following streams: Duck, Otter, Grassy, Delaware, Crane, Cedar, Wolf and Turtle Creek Diversion and Berger Ditch.The TMDL report addresses the impairments identified by Ohio EPA during field sampling in 2006 and 2008. TMDLs include total phosphorous, ammonia, nitrate-nitrite, total suspended solids and E.coli bacteria. The report can be accessed on Ohio EPA's website by clicking here:

  Draft Maumee River (lower) Tributaries and Lake Erie Tributaries Watershed TMDL

The public review period ends on June 11, 2012.

Please send comments on these documents to:

Cherie Blair

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency

Division of Surface Water

347 North Dunbridge Road

Bowling Green, Ohio 43402

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It's time to re-enroll in the Kroger Community Rewards Program to support Partners for Clean Streams! At the end of every April, everyone using the Kroger Community Rewards Program must re-enroll for their choice of organization to support for the coming year. After registering to support us, just swipe your Kroger Plus Card during check out and at no extra cost to you, Kroger will donate a percentage of the profits to Partners for Clean Streams. Check out the Community Kroger Rewards page to find out how you can either continue to earn money for Partners for Clean Streams or set up a your new account to support us every time you buy groceries. Buying food and saving local water was never so easy!

Here is a recap of what we did for Earth Day 2012!

Storm Drain Stenciling- A HUGE thank you to all the volunteers that came out to join us on Saturday, April 21st to stencil on storm drains and remind residents that "Drains are for Rain, Flows to Waterway"! Together, we worked in 10 jurisdictions around Toledo, painted well over 200 storm drains, passed out flyers to over 500 homes with over 100 volunteers. And the numbers are still coming in! Thank you for reminding everyone how important it is to use our storm drains correctly and prevent pollution in our waterways. If you have a group that is interested in doing Storm Drain Stenciling in the coming months, please let us know. There are plenty more drains to stencil! Congratulations everyone for a job well done. Our streams thank you!!

Party for the Planet was certainly a party! We had a table set up at the Toledo Zoo from 10am-4pm in the main plaza. We discussed the dangers of pollution especially by lead and line with demonstrations, pictures and a bucket full of Get the Lead Out refuse. Hundreds of people stopped by to examine river trash, look at event pictures, learn about upcoming events and new ways of keeping our waterways clean. Thank you to the Toledo Zoo for hosting a great chance to celebrate our Earth and help everyone take a greater ownership of their water resources.

Our PCS staff also had the chance to attend two Environmental Fairs on college campuses this past week. We went to the Bowling Green State University and Owens Community College Environmental Fairs to discuss how Partners for Clean Streams takes scientific knowledge, governmental concerns, public needs and "environmental should do-es" and puts them into practical application with volunteer clean ups, workshops, stream restorations and public outreach. Thank you to those institutions for letting us discuss how we work to promote waterways that are clear, clean and safe.