Watershed Management

What is a Watershed Management Plan?

A watershed management plan identifies problems and threats to water resources and develops a framework to address these issues within a specific watershed. It is useful as both a process and a tool. The process alone is valuable.

The Watershed Council has been a key party involved with the development of watershed management plans for all major watersheds as well as several sub-watersheds in our service area. Most of these plans are now available for viewing or download via the following links:

• Black Lake Watershed Stewardship Initiative
• Burt Lake Watershed Project Management Plan
• Cheboygan River Watershed Habitat Partnership Conservation Area Plan
• Elk River Chain of Lakes Steering Committee/COL 2001 plan
• Lake Charlevoix Watershed Project
• Larks Lake Watershed Management Project
• Little Traverse Bay Watershed Protection Plan with maps - MDEQ/ EPA Approved June 2007
• Mullett Lake Watershed Protection Plan
• Pickerel Crooked Lakes Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Plan

NOTE: Because some of the plans are quite large, we recommend saving the file to your computer before viewing.