Friends of the St.Joe River Association has completed work on a management plan for the St. Joseph River watershed. The management plan, funded by a Clean Water Act Section 319 planning grant administered by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) is the culmination of over 2 years work by dozens of dedicated volunteers from agencies and organizations from both Indiana and Michigan. The primary purpose of the planning grant is to help local stakeholders identify non point sources of pollution that impair water quality and work collaboratively to formulate strategies to address those sources. With the completion of the management plan. local communities will have information they need to protect and improve water quality. Implementation of the plan depends on the continued interest, enthusiasm, and hard work of local communities and individuals.
The plan can be viewed and downloaded at the project web site: www.stjoeriver.net. A limited number of CD's are also available.
The Friends organization managed the project in its entirety.
Andrew DeGraves was Watershed Coordinator and was responsible for management and development of the plan.
Kieser and Associates of Kalamazoo, MI served as technical consultants.
For further information please contact the Friends Business Office:
Phone 269.729.5174
Email: fotsjr01@sbcglobal.net
Web site: www.fotsjr.org
Project web site: www.stjoeriver.net
When you check the Chapter Chair-person site you will notice that several areas are currently "OPEN". This means that we are in need of a person for that area to organize annual clean ups. This involves getting together a group of friends, neighbors and/or members of your community to conduct an annual clean up. Please contact us by email or by phone: 269-729-5174, and we will help you get started.
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