Forestry Grant Narrative
Save Maumee Riparian Buffer Initiative I & II
COMPLETED
Jan. 2016-Dec. 2018
through Great Lakes Restoration Initiative &
U.S. Forest Service funding
Contact an organizer by email!
Click here for continuation of projects through December 2020
Why do ditches need plants and trees? READ WHY HERE
- First project (1 of 9): Earth Day 2016 – Bullerman Ditch
- Project at private property (2 of 9) 2016: October 21, 22, 23 – Six Mile Creek
- Third & Fourth Project Dates: Earth Days 2017, Trier Ditch – Design specs HERE
- Fifth Project (5 of 9), Deetz Nature Preserve, October 2017 CLICK HERE
- Sixth & Project (6 of 9): Earth Day 2018, April 22 & 23 Six Mile Creek
- 7th project (7 of 9): Meyer Road Site, 2-Day Earth Day April 22 & 23, 2019
- 8th project (8 of 9): Ellenwood Site, 2-Day Tree Planting, October 25 & 26, 2019
- 2019 Annual Report January to December 2019
- 9th project (9 of 9) – Rose Avenue Site, AKA M&M Landfill site, 3-Day Tree Planting October 16, 17, 18, 2020
- Project location area maps for: 1. Bullerman Ditch, 2. Six Mile Creek 3) Trier Ditch
- What types of native tree species have been approved & planted?
- Why do ditches need plants and trees? READ WHY HERE
- What types of native tree species have been approved & planted?
These projects are made possible through the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) and U.S. Forest Service.
The USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender. FULL CIVIL RIGHTS, NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY & HOW TO FILE A COMPLAINT HERE.
Sixmile Creek Subwatershed
Private Property along LaMont Drain and Bandelier Ditch #3
460 trees – 26 species
COMPLETED April 22 & 23, 2018
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Drainage Board Construction Plan for this location
Bullerman Ditch
Deetz Nature Preserve
409 trees – 21 different species
COMPLETED October 2017
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Location: Deetz Nature Preserve, Parrott Road/Rose Ave/Moeller Rd
Installation of over 1,105 linear feet of riparian buffers with a width no less than 20 feet (some areas up to 40 feet) to yield approximately .573 acre
Thanks to partnership with New Haven Parks and Recreation Department
42 different people logged over 511 volunteer hours at Deetz Nature Preserve, removing invasive species and planting trees.
Trier Ditch – Upper & Lower
COMPLETED
Earth Days 2017
1,100 trees – 18 species
ENTIRE TRIER DITCH DESIGN SPECS
- Installation of 2,800 linear feet of riparian buffers with a width no less than 20 feet to yield approximately 1.29 acre per site (56,000 sq. ft.) *(2,800 linear feet X 25 ft width = 1.61 acre (70,000 sq. ft.)
- Adding 1,100 total trees (18 species) to capture 64,900 gallons/year (59 gallons/tree)
- Partnered with New Haven Parks and Recreation Dept. & East Allen Community Schools Over 2,000 Asian Honeysuckle were removed
Volunteer Hours by 209 people in 2017:
422 hours logged April 3-April 20 (invasive removal)
242.5 hours logged April 21 Public Event, Heatherwood Park
471 hours logged April 22 Public Event, Moser Park
215.5 hours logged April 23 Public Event, Heatherwood Park
Six Mile Creek, Koester Ditch
COMPLETED October 2016
460 trees – 13 species
Bullerman Ditch
On the Maumee River
COMPLETED April 2016
380 trees – 13 different species
Volunteers logged between 525.9 – 528 hours on Earth Day ALONE with 261 – 268 people signing in and out to log hours for the public event held on April 17, 2016.
See more MEDIA COVERAGE & ACCOMPLISHMENTS HERE!
Asian Honeysuckle removal is always necessary, to eliminate competition for riparian buffer trees. Efforts yielded approximately 800 large Asian Honeysuckle removed from this site.
See more of Earth Day 2016 HERE
Legal Description of project area adjacent to, and receiving groundwater from this brownfield site located at 800 Glasgow Ave. Fort Wayne, IN 46803. In June 2016, the property was vacant.
1891 – Originally built by Wayne Pump, also known as Wayne Combustion Petroleum Storage (acetone found as well) Wayne Combustion ⁃ 3 systems to ship ⁃ strictly poultry ⁃ 15 state regionally U Tech Study ⁃ Scott Fetzer Company / Berkshire Hathaway owned it in 1978 ⁃started as oil and gas company ⁃ burners and combustion technology focus. It then became “Water Works” ⁃ working with state 2013 NRCS budget for waste ⁃preceding with air and water permitting. Working with fish and wildlife ⁃ NO NPDES, FESOP ⁃ proactive approach to reduce pollution and runoff ⁃agricultural.
Sean Watkins – “SM Watkins Sheet Metal” bought the property in 2013 and sold the property in 2016 to Brian Schaper. Tax Records in 2010 ⁃ Wayne / Scott Fetzer – 13,200 ⁃Daniel J. Lawrence – 191,700 ⁃ Daniel j. Lawrence — 9,900 – F & H Fueller is (a business partner of Jerry Henry, Mayor Tom Henry’s brother). Hartzell Reality is another company of Jerry Henry’s NOTE FOR FULL DISCLOSURE: 1. DO NOT DRINK THE WATER OUT OF ANY TAP AT THIS BUILDING 2. THIS IS a brownfield site, it does NOT pass inspection for residential levels of groundwater and soil contaminants, however it DOES pass needed levels for contaminants at “industrial levels.” 3. Our society needs to figure out ways to deal with building spaces that are considered “brownfields” and that is what this project is attempting to do at this site. Source: Aliza Tourkow – Brownfield Site Redevelopment Specialist – Grants Administrator – City of Fort Wayne Redevelopment Department 200 East Berry Street, Room 320 Fort Wayne, IN 46802
In August 2016, Save Maumee was notified by the City of Fort Wayne, Tunnel Project that the area was to be taken in eminent domain.
