Scheeff East Point Preserve Restoration Update

The Put-in-Bay Township Park District is pleased to announce that construction is well underway with our Scheeff East Point Preserve shoreline restoration and erosion control project. We anticipate construction to be completed by the end of June; however, please note that the Scheeff East Point Preserve park will remain closed until construction is complete.

One of the primary restoration activities completed thus far has included the placement of large, natural rock sills just off of the shoreline to reduce wave action along the shore and encourage the potential for future wetland development behind the sills, as well as to provide new, subsurface habitat for fish and other aquatic life. The large quantities of foreign debris, including scrap metal and concrete slabs with protruding rebar, have been removed. Sections of shoreline that were lost to erosion of the past decade are currently being reconstructed with a mixture of sand, gravel and cobble. Downed trees and rootwads are being repurposed into the newly reconstructed shoreline to further protect the shoreline and to provide additional habitat for our resident and migratory bird and insect species. Once the construction activities are completed, the shoreline will be seeded and planted with a variety of native trees, shrub and plant species.

This shoreline restoration project is being funded by grants from three different sources: a National Coastal Resilience Fund grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a Clean Ohio Conservation Fund grant administered by the Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC), and an Emergency Erosion Assistance Grant from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). The ODNR Emergency Erosion Assistance Grant also funded the improvements to Deist Road on Middle Bass Island through a collaboration between Put-in-Bay Township and the Park District.