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Region 5 Cornbelt Project Information
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This proposed project will evaluate the use of the EMAP sampling design for establishing reference conditions, evaluating stream status, and developing biocriteria in the Eastern Corn Belt Plain Ecoregion (Figure 5-1), which stretches across the states of Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. The study will also compare the EMAP grid design with an intensive design being developed by the state of Ohio. Testing the EMAP design for biocriteria development will assist the states in developing reference conditions and may help them develop status and trends reports required under the Clean Water Act at a significant cost savings.