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Chapter 7
GIS Based Decision-Making Model
for the Identification of High Priority
Wetland and Stream Restoration Sites
Mark Eiseman, Patrick L. Lawrence, Tim Walters, Hugh Crowell,
and John Kusnier
Abstract This chapter provides a comprehensive and chronological review of the
procedures that were used to identify suitable sites for wetland and stream restoration in
the Swan Creek and Tenmile Creek/Ottawa River watersheds within northwest Ohio.
It includes an explanation of the datasets that were used to generate aerial photographic
base mapping, evaluation of existing conditions within the two watersheds and the
development of the GIS predictive model that was utilized to identify potential wet-
land and stream restoration sites and that were used to select the final 26 sites for the
development of conceptual wetland and/or stream restoration plans.
Keywords GIS • Restoration • Watersheds • Wetlands • Streams
7.1
Introduction
In 2007 Partners for Clean Streams Inc. obtained funding from the Joyce
Foundation to develop a wetland and riparian inventory and restoration plan
for the Swan Creek and Ottawa River watersheds located in Northwest Ohio
