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Community Services: Otterbein Lake Enhancement
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Client: |
Municipal parks and
recreation department guided by steering
committee of local residents |
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Location: |
Central Ohio |
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Project Type: |
Lake Edge Enhancement
and Management |
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Project Dates: |
2006 - Present |
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Project Description: |
A group of central
Ohio residents working with the Westerville
Parks and Recreation Department is aiming to
develop Otterbein Lake to be a scenic,
environmental, educational, and recreational
resource for the community. This rectangular
lake formed from an abandoned 8 acre borrow
pit. MAD Scientist & Associates was
contacted to help with planning, including
assistance with a site design and planting
plan for the project. This necessitated the
development of a bathymetric map of the
basin (shown below).
MAD Scientist & Associates has also
consulted with the steering committee, Parks
& Recreation department, and engineers, and
has helped to plan and lead several
volunteer events. With the addition of
shallow slopes and an irregular edge shape,
the lake is expected to support ~0.4 acres
of emergent wetland vegetation and valuable
habitat and food sources for local wildlife.
Work is on-going at this site.
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| Erosion matting placed by volunteers |
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Volunteers scarifying the soil and broadcasting seed of emergent wetland and lake edge plant species |
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Bathymetric map of the lake basin created by MAD Scientist and Associates |
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