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Chapter 8
GIS and Remote Sensing Applications
for Watershed Planning in the Maumee
River Basin, Ohio
Kevin Czajkowski and Patrick L. Lawrence
Abstract The Maumee River watershed is the largest drainage basin that
discharges into the Great Lakes. Although the watershed is largely a rural land-
scape, several major urban-industrial cities, including Fort Wayne and Toledo are
located along the river. Many water quality concerns are present, especially non-
point rural runoff that contributes significant amounts of sediment into the Maumee
River. There is an important need to collect, organize and assess the available
information on the watershed conditions and to better determine the status of the
changes with land uses, crop rotation, and implementation of conservation tillage
practices within this watershed. A partnership between the University of Toledo
and US Department of Agriculture NRCS lead to several GIS and remote sensing
products including annual land cover and crop rotations via remote sensing
techniques, establishment of a Maumee Watershed Project Area GIS database,
and providing educational and informational outreach with other project partners,
resource managers, and the general public.
Keywords GIS • Remote sensing • Watershed planning
8.1
Introduction
The Maumee River watershed is the largest drainage basin that discharges into the
Great Lakes. Although the watershed is largely a rural landscape, several major
urban-industrial cities, including Fort Wayne and Toledo are located along the
river. Many water quality concerns are present, including non-point rural runoff
that contributes significant amounts of sediment into the Maumee River. There is an
important need to collect, organize and assess the available information and better
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