Lake Erie shoreline expands with completion of project [Video]

PORT CLINTON, Ohio — Lake Erie’s coastal wetlands have expanded with the completion of a five-year shoreline restoration project in Port Clinton. 

According to a press release from the US Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, the agency worked alongside the city of Port Clinton to restore the lake’s shoreline via the “Port Clinton Coastal Restoration Project”. The project was created and completed with the intention of restoring wetlands which people can enjoy and in which wildlife can thrive. 

The project transformed 4.6 acres of wetland the Army Corps described as struggling, and grew it to six acres. Doing so included removing invasive species and replacing them with plugs of native plant species. 

The project was funded by more than $1.9 million in investments, the Corps said, with 65% of those funds coming from a federal agency. The remaining 35% were supplied by the city of Port Clinton and the …