Gis based decision-making model for the identification of high priority wetland and stream restoration sites

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 wetland 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.