PATHWAYS TO DELISTING

When you have a measurable goal, often the best way to reach it is to start at the goal and work backwards. Our goal is to get the Cuyahoga River AOC off the list of impaired Lake Erie tributaries. We're using this "start at the end" strategy in two ways:

On one hand, we're working on the headwaters and along the tributary streams, restoring and supporting healthy watersheds so that the tributaries will cease to contribute pollution, soil, sediment and other problems to the main stem.

On the other hand, we're targeting five DELISTING MANAGEMENT UNITS - major problems or causes of problems which, if repaired or remediated, would move us in large leaps toward delisting goals.

These management units are: the shipping channel at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, dams along the river and tributaries, storm water and combined sewer overflows, erosion and sediment, and wetlands.