The Erie County Community Foundation (ECCF) and Ottawa County Community Foundation (OCCF) are now accepting grant applications for their 2025 cycles, offering funding to nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving their communities.
The massive grooves cut into rock on Kelleys Island at least 17,000 years ago by giant glaciers that carved out the Great Lakes region are believed to be the largest preserved glacial grooves in the world. Although the site is probably the best-known and largest example of glacial grooves in the Lake Erie region, there are other sites around the Lake Erie islands and some on the mainland that have glacial grooves and striations, or scratches in the rock, left from the Ice Age.
Tucked within the serene woods of East Harbor State Park Campground lies the historic Lockwood (Marshall) Cemetery, a resting place for some of Ottawa County's early settlers.
“George and Fannie Lonz were known for being great hosts. We want to recreate that special welcome to all visitors."
The Park District of Ottawa County is encouraging people to get hiking with their second annual Fall Hiking Program, running now through November 30.
Nine years ago, Scott Heston started the first catfishing charter on the Sandusky Bay, Captain Scott’s Catfish Charter. Since then, more charters targeting channel catfish have popped up, and the fish is rising in popularity on Lake Erie.
“It’s a phenomenal opportunity to be here. If only those halls could talk.”
The Lonz Mansion restoration brings back the legacy of Ohio's Wine King on Middle Bass Island.
“Community science projects like Chronolog allow us to have the public engage in information collection about how Lake Erie can change at specific locations due to weather like ice cover and seiches, harmful algal blooms, fishing pressure, and recreational boating in a part of Lake Erie that sees a great amount of economic benefits.”
After year of detecting harmful algae in Sandusky Bay, Bowling Green State University researchers recently discovered that a toxic cyanobacterium–also known as blue-green algae–has essentially disappeared.
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