Even though the PCS crew had been laid off at the end of the last season, the Metroparks of the Toledo Area and The Nature Conservancy crews have continued to work through this fall and into December 2014. They are working towards a healthier ecosystem by treating 2,000 of acres of protected land. This work has included invasive species removal, native species planting, habitat restoration, prescribed burns and much more throughout the Oak Openings region. The NOAA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative has enabled PCS to affect, along with our partners, 29 people, by giving them seasonal work throughout the duration of the project, yielding more than 72,000 working hours. We had no idea how successful the Maumee Corps project would be and couldn’t be more proud of our project partners and the people we’ve hired to complete the great work throughout Northwest Ohio.