An Evaluation of the Pennsylvania Lake Erie Watershed Fish Community: 2011 (released April 2012)

An Evaluation of the Presque Isle Bay Watershed Fish Community: 2001 – 2011 (released January 2012)

An Evaluation of Sediment Quality Conditions in the Tributaries of Presque Isle Bay: 2001 - 2011 (released January 2012)

Lake Erie Watershed Habitat Assessment Report (released June 2011)

Presque Isle Bay Watershed Restoration, Protection, and Monitoring Plan
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APPENDIX A: TABLES
Table 1. History of the City of Erie
Table 2. Municipalities located within the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Table 3. Stream length and sub-watershed area
Table 4. Presque Isle Bay watershed habitat assessment
Table 5. Sources of sediment-associated metals and oil and grease
Table 6. Presque Isle Bay watershed oil and grease analysis
Table 7. Presque Isle Bay watershed metal analysis
Table 8. IBI scoring criteria for streams of the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Table 9. Presque Isle Bay watershed fishery assessment
Table 10. Presque Isle Bay watershed macroinvertebrate assessment
Table 11. Ecological relevance of water quality parameters
Table 12. Ranking of water quality parameters for Lake Erie watershed stream sites
Table 13. Exceedance of PECs in suspended sediment
Table 14. Presque Isle Bay watershed land use
Table 15. Hydric soil classification for the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Table 16. Stream riparian buffer data for the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Table 17. 100-year floodplains within the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Table 18. Restoration model criteria
Table 19. Total restoration scores for the Presque Isle Bay watershed subareas (Scenario 1)
Table 20. Total restoration scores for the Presque Isle Bay watershed subareas (Scenario 2)
Table 21. Total restoration scores for the Presque Isle Bay watershed subareas (Scenario 3)
Table 22. Protection model criteria
Table 23. Total protection scores for the Presque Isle Bay watershed subareas
Table 24. Restoration recommendations (Scenario 1)
Table 25. Restoration recommendations (Scenario 2)
Table 26. Restoration recommendations (Scenario 3)
Table 27. Protection recommendations
Table 28. 10-year implementation strategy

APPENDIX B: MAPS
Map 1. Presque Isle Bay
Map 2. Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 3. Tributaries of Presque Isle Bay
Map 4. Direct runoff to Presque Isle Bay
Map 5. Habitat assessment of the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 6. Oil and grease assessment of the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 7. Zinc assessment of the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 8. Nickel assessment of the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 9. Lead assessment of the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 10. Copper assessment of the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 11. Cadmium assessment of the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 12. Fishery assessment of the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 13. Macroinvertebrate assessment of the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 14. Lake Erie tributary water quality sampling sites
Map 15. Water quality assessment of the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 16. NPDES permitted facilities located within the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 17. Toxic release inventory facilities located within the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 18. Large quantity hazardous waste generators located within the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 19. Air emission facilities located within the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 20. Land recycling cleanup locations within the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 21. Brownfields located within the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 22. Encroachment locations within the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 23. Impervious cover within the Presque Isle Bay watershed classified according to Schueler (1994)
Map 24. Road network within the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 25. Parking lots located within the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 26. Buildings located within the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 27. Erie urbanized area
Map 28. Storm sewer system within the Presque Isle Bay watershed and storm water outfalls to Presque Isle Bay
Map 29: Land Use within the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 30. Land Use intensity within the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 31. Wetlands located within the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 32. Hydric soils within the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 33. Slope within the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 34. Existing and potential riparian buffer for Scott Run
Map 35. Existing and potential riparian buffer for Unnamed Tributary One and Unnamed Tributary Two
Map 36. Existing and potential riparian buffer for Cascade Creek
Map 37. Existing and potential riparian buffer for Mill Creek
Map 38. Existing and potential riparian buffer for Garrison Run
Map 39. Floodplains within the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 40. Vegetated floodplains within the Presque Isle Bay watershed
Map 41. Presque Isle Bay watershed analysis subareas
Map 42. Scott Run watershed analysis subareas
Map 43. Unnamed Tributary One watershed analysis subareas
Map 44. Unnamed Tributary Two watershed analysis subareas
Map 45. Cascade Creek watershed analysis subareas
Map 46. Mill Creek watershed analysis subareas
Map 47. Garrison Run watershed analysis subareas
Map 48. Total restoration scores for the Presque Isle Bay watershed analysis subareas
Map 49. Total restoration scores for the subareas assessed under Scenario 1
Map 50. Total restoration scores for the subareas assessed under Scenario 2
Map 51. Total restoration scores for the subareas assessed under Scenario 3
Map 52. Total protection scores for the Presque Isle Bay watershed analysis subareas
Map 53. Restoration focus for Cascade Creek subarea 12 (Scenario 1)
Map 54. Restoration focus for Cascade Creek subarea 8 (Scenario 1)
Map 55. Restoration focus for Direct Runoff subarea 3 (Scenario 2)
Map 56. Restoration focus for Scott Run subarea 1 (Scenario 2)
Map 57. Restoration focus for Cascade Creek subarea 7 (Scenario 3)
Map 58. Restoration focus for Garrison Run subarea 2 (Scenario 3)
Map 59. Restoration focus for Cascade Creek subarea 2 (Scenario 3)
Map 60. Protection focus for Unnamed Tributary One subarea 2
Map 61. Protection focus for Mill Creek subarea 17
Map 62. Monitoring locations for the Presque Isle Bay watershed