The Lake Erie Islands Conservancy and Put-in-Bay  Township Park District have embarked on a major conservation project on South Bass Island (Put-in-Bay, Ohio): The Duff Homestead -total of  6.57 acres- the protection and maintenance of the historical Duff Home, 175 feet of waterfront property (a breeding groundd for the bowfin and possible habitat for other fish and rare submerged plants), 2.12 acres of wooded land, and 2.3 acres of meadow that will be used for pollinator habitat.