Mike Hampton, Springfield Township Administrator and caucus facilitator, called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone present. Introductions were made by everyone present.
Caucus members in attendance included:
Thursday, August 9, 2018
Summer Caucus Notes - Townships
Call to Order/Welcome/Introductions – The Township Caucus met on Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 8:30 a.m. at Penta Career Center (Room 1301), 9301 Buck Road in Perrysburg, Ohio.
Mike Hampton, Springfield Township Administrator and caucus facilitator, called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone present. Introductions were made by everyone present.
Caucus members in attendance included:
Mike Hampton, Springfield Township Administrator and caucus facilitator, called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone present. Introductions were made by everyone present.
Caucus members in attendance included:
Summer Caucus Notes - Villages
Call to Order/Weclome/Introductions – The Village Caucus met on Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 8:30 a.m. at Penta Career Center (Room 1113), 9301 Buck Road in Perrysburg, Ohio.
Gordon Bowman, Pemberville Village Mayor and caucus facilitator, called the meeting to order and introductions were made to everyone present.
Caucus members in attendance included:
Gordon Bowman, Pemberville Village Mayor and caucus facilitator, called the meeting to order and introductions were made to everyone present.
Caucus members in attendance included:
Summer Caucus Notes - Cities
Call to Order/Welcome/Introductions – The City Caucus met on Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 8:30 a.m. at Penta Career Center (Room 1302), 9301 Buck Road in Perrysburg, Ohio.
Michael Beazley, Oregon City administrator and caucus facilitator, called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone present. Introductions were made by everyone present. Mr. Beazley suggested turning the discussion into a local government agenda which the cities can ask the gubernatorial candidates their opinions on and request commitments from them.
Caucus members in attendance included:
Michael Beazley, Oregon City administrator and caucus facilitator, called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone present. Introductions were made by everyone present. Mr. Beazley suggested turning the discussion into a local government agenda which the cities can ask the gubernatorial candidates their opinions on and request commitments from them.
Caucus members in attendance included:
Notes from Summer Caucus Sessions - Counties
Call to Order/Welcome/Introductions – The County Caucus met on Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 8:30 a.m. at Penta Career Center (Room 1115), 9301 Buck Road in Perrysburg, Ohio.
Ottawa County Commissioner Mark Stahl, the facilitator of the County Caucus, called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone present.
Caucus members in attendance included:
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Nominations Sought for Natural Resources Assistance Council in Lucas County
The Natural
Resources Assistance Council (NRAC) is an 11-member committee that evaluates
applications for and allocates grants from the Clean Ohio Fund in Lucas County.
The council is seeking nominations to fill 4 vacancies, serving three-year
terms. NRAC service is voluntary without compensation.
To be a candidate for a position on
the NRAC committee, an applicant must be appointed by one of the following
types of organizations:
- Local government
- Conservation or environmental organization
- Municipal park system or park district
- Business, realty, planning agency, or port
authority
- Statewide
organization representing agriculture or forestry
- Soil and Water Conservation District
Qualified candidates can submit
applications to the Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments (TMACOG)
until 5 p.m. August 24, 2018. TMACOG administers NRAC District 12 in Lucas
County. Applicants should submit the completed nomination form, a resume, and
letter from their organization in support of their nomination. The nomination
form is posted at http://clean.ohio.gov/GreenSpaceConservation/Documents/nrac.nomination.form.pdf.
The Clean Ohio Fund was first approved
by voters in 2000, and was renewed in 2018. The fund calls for $40 million to
preserve natural areas and farmland, protects streams, create outdoor
recreation opportunities, and rehabilitate brownfields in urban areas. Between
2000 and 2018, the Clean Ohio fund returned more than $15 million to Lucas
County for the protection of open spaces and wetlands.
More about the Clean Ohio Fund and
NRAC/12 are at http://www.tmacog.org/Environment/NRAC/nrac_body.htm
and http://www.pwc.state.oh.us/GSCDistrict12.html.
For more information, contact Sara Guiher, Water Quality Planner at TMACOG at
419.241.9155 ext. 1147, or guiher@tmacog.org.
Submit completed applications to:
TMACOG
Sara Guiher
Water Quality Planner
P.O. Box 9508
Toledo OH 43697-9508
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Thursday, July 19, 2018
Corporate Travel Survey
The Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Center for Regional Development at Bowling Green State University are assisting the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority in their efforts to secure additional flights from Toledo Express Airport.
Business travel is a major determining factor in an airline's decision to open new routes and we need your feedback. In 2016, the Chamber and Port Authority partnered for a survey of Chamber members to gauge interest in service to Charlotte. The results of that survey helped secure nonstop service on American Airlines to Charlotte in 2017! Please take a few moments to complete this short corporate travel survey
Friday, June 29, 2018
Happy Mayflies? Happy Lake Erie
by Sara Guiher, TMACOG Water Quality Planner
Very few of us welcome mayflies to our homes, places of work, cars (let’s be honest, they’re EVERYWHERE), with open arms. A large hatch like we’ve had this year might make you want to hide until it passes. But when it comes to the health of Lake Erie, mayflies are a good sign!
Mayflies spend most of their life in an aquatic environment such as a lake or river. The adult form that we are familiar with lives only long enough to reproduce after leaving the water. During their aquatic stage mayflies are intolerant of pollution and low oxygen. When Lake Erie received high levels of industrial pollution and sewage, these organisms could not survive in large numbers. When our lake was declared “dead” in the 1960s, mayflies were in the same place. Today’s issues in Lake Erie could also impact these sensitive species; large algal blooms can deplete oxygen in the water. But this year’s batch is good news about water quality, at least in early summer.
So next time you see a swarm of mayflies, hopefully you smile at their signal that hope is not lost for Lake Erie. Just remember: when you greet a cloud of our water quality friends with a smile, it’s probably not a good idea to open your mouth.
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Very few of us welcome mayflies to our homes, places of work, cars (let’s be honest, they’re EVERYWHERE), with open arms. A large hatch like we’ve had this year might make you want to hide until it passes. But when it comes to the health of Lake Erie, mayflies are a good sign!
Mayflies spend most of their life in an aquatic environment such as a lake or river. The adult form that we are familiar with lives only long enough to reproduce after leaving the water. During their aquatic stage mayflies are intolerant of pollution and low oxygen. When Lake Erie received high levels of industrial pollution and sewage, these organisms could not survive in large numbers. When our lake was declared “dead” in the 1960s, mayflies were in the same place. Today’s issues in Lake Erie could also impact these sensitive species; large algal blooms can deplete oxygen in the water. But this year’s batch is good news about water quality, at least in early summer.
So next time you see a swarm of mayflies, hopefully you smile at their signal that hope is not lost for Lake Erie. Just remember: when you greet a cloud of our water quality friends with a smile, it’s probably not a good idea to open your mouth.
Here's some mayfly larvae collected by students in the 2017 Student Watershed Watch.
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