Friends of the
St. Joseph River
Association, Inc.
Welcome!
The Friends of the St. Joseph River Association, Inc. was established in April of 1994 for the purpose of bringing together the people of the communities located within the St. Joseph River Watershed (SJRW), working as one unit to clean and restore the St. Joe River and also all rivers, streams, and creeks that flow into the St. Joseph River.
FotSJR RiverCurrents Newsletter Now Available
Click here for more information on our newly redesigned, informative and educational newsletter.
USDA AWEP to fund Kalamazoo, Black and St. Joseph River Watersheds
Read the President's Blog and the official press release regarding this great news!
Board Meetings
Our next regular 4th Thursday of the month meeting will be held on December 17th at 1:00PM in Three Rivers, MI. Click here for the meeting agenda or click here for meeting minutes from previous meetings.
Two Rivers Coalition Annual Meeting
Wednesday, January 13, 2010. Click here for more details.
Third Annual Meeting
The 3rd Annual St. Joseph River Watershed Council Meeting will take place on March 15, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. (EDT) at the Sturges-Young Auditorium located in Sturgis, Michigan. Additional details coming soon.
Management Plan
The St. Joseph River Watershed Management Plan (WMP) is available online. Please use this document for information and strategies to protect natural resources in the SJRW.
(Warning: file size is large (11 MB) and may take several minutes to download.)
A wealth of information gathered during the planning process is available on the 2005 project website at www.stjoeriver.net.
Meetings
The Board of Directors and Watershed Council usually meet on the fourth Thursday of the month, unless it falls on a holiday. In that case the meeting is moved to the third Thursday. Meetings are held at the Three Rivers Library at 1 p.m., the annual meeting is usually held in Sturgis, see the February minutes for time and date.
Click here for the Agenda of our next meeting.
For all the meeting Minutes of the past year, click here.
Keep an Eye Out!
It is our goal to make use of all means and resources available to improve and protect our great natural resource: the mighty old St. Joe (Sagwa Sibi - Native American). If you witness an obvious pollution event happening on the St. Joseph River or any of her tributaries, please call (in Michigan) the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality's Pollution Emergency Alerting System at 1-800-292-4706 or (in Indiana) the 24-Hour Spill Reporting Hotline at 1-888-233-7745. Thanks!
This sign is located at the first bridge over the St Joe at the outlet of Baw Beese lake in Hillsdale, Michigan. It was handmade with great love by Dorla Null, the very first woman to paddle the entire length of the river solo.
Mission Statement
Unite a diverse group of stakeholders throughout the watershed in a collaborative effort to protect, restore, and foster stewardship of the St. Joseph River Watershed as a critical component of the Great Lakes Basin.
What's New
Agenda and Minutes added (12-10-09)
Events page updated
(9-9-09)
Home page update
(8-7-09)
President's Blog #2 and meeting cancellation notice posted
(7-27-09)
See Also
St. Joe River.net
Watershed Management Planning Project