Save the Wave at Spitzer in Lorain, OH

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working with local partners on a project to dredge and place dredge spoils from the Black River where Lorain Harbor is located.  The initial preferred alternative project was to construct a breakwater and submerged wetland just east of Lorain Harbor, which would destroy the regionally significant surf spot known as Spitzer. The Surfrider Foundation Northern Ohio Chapter worked with the local group Save Our Spitzer to reach out to and engage surfers on this issue to provide their input and knowledge in the form of testimony to the Army Corps. Ultimately, this collective advocacy effort resulted in downgrading the project alternative impacting Spitzer and identification of a different preferred project that will spare Spitzer from destruction.