The following is information the Erie Port Authority passed out to participants attending “A Day at the Bay” hosted by the Upper Maumee Watershed Partnership.
Maumee River:
- Largest body of water emptying into the Great Lakes
- 150 miles long
- Shares water with the St. Marys River, St. Joseph River, Auglaize River, Little Auglaize River, Blanchard River, Tiffen River, Ottowa River
Maumee Watershed:
- 6,586 sqare miles in Indiana, Ohio & Michigan
- 4,000 miles of streams
- Drains 4 million acres
- 1.7 million people live in the watershed
- 327 named streams
- Supports 94 species of fish
- 90% of Ohio’s wetlands have been drained or filled in