On October 22nd, 2025 the District Six Natural Resource Assistance Council (NRAC) met and selected three projects, totaling a little over $1.8 million, for funding to the Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC). The three recommended projects included:
Mill Creek MetroParks Egypt Swamp Preserve Improvements:
- Improves 76.51 acres of land previously acquired through Clean Ohio in 2013.
- Includes:
- Installation of aggregate parking lot.
- Trail Improvements.
- Education signage and wayfinding.
- Ecological restoration via invasive species mgmt., wetland and floodplain restoration, and native species plantings.
Trumbull County MetroParks Braceville Nature Preserve Extension Phase III
- Acquires 261 acres (6 parcels) in Braceville Twp.
- Expands upon the existing 145-acre Braceville Nature Preserve
- Protects ~2,655 linear ft. of Mahoning River’s riparian corridor
- Protects 13, high Category 3 wetlands
- Includes mature forest
- Floodplain and oxbow habitat preservation
- Acquisition and protection strategy identified in the Mahoning River-Chocolate Run 9- Element Nonpoint Source Implementation Strategy Plan
Western Reserve Land Conservancy- Coalburg Lake
- Acquires 338 acres (6 parcels) in Hubbard Twp.
- DOES NOT include the dam and area below the dam
- Protects 18 stream channels:
- 12,000 linear feet of headwater streams
- 8,000 linear feet of Little Yankee Run. - Protects 9 Category 3 wetlands
- Protects floodplain forest