 The OEC is working on many fronts to improve, sustain, and protect the quality of Lake Erie. The Lake Erie Lakewide Management Plan (LaMP) (external link) is a collaboration between the United States, Canada, and many watershed groups, scientists, local officials, and water enthusiasts.
About one-third of the total population of the Great Lakes basin resides within the Lake Erie watershed. In total, approximately twelve million people live in the watershed, including seventeen metropolitan areas with more than 50,000 residents. The lake provides drinking water for about eleven million of these inhabitants. The LaMP unites a network of stakeholders in actions towards a common goal - to restore and
protect the Lake Erie ecosystem for future generations.
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