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Watershed Management Plans

A watershed management plan identifies problems and threats to water resources and develops a framework to address these issues within a specific watershed. The primary purpose of a watershed management plan is to guide watershed coordinators, resource managers, policy makers, and community organizations to restore and protect the quality of lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands in a given watershed. The plan is intended to be a practical tool with specific recommendations on practices to improve and sustain water quality. These are also “living documents,” meaning that as conditions change over time in a watershed, the plan must be reexamined and revised to reflect goals that have been achieved or not met.

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. 

• Black Lake Watershed Stewardship Initiative
• Burt Lake Watershed Management Plan
• Cheboygan River Watershed Habitat Partnership Conservations Area Plan
• Duncan-Grass Bays Watershed Management Plan
• Elk River Chain of Lakes Watershed Plan 
• Grand Traverse Bay Watershed Management Protection Plan
• Lake Charlevoix Watershed Management Plan

• Larks Lake Watershed Plan

• Little Traverse Bay Watershed Protection Plan
• Lower Black River Watershed Management Initiative
• Mullett Lake Watershed Management Plan
• Mullett Creek Watershed Management Plan
• ​Paradise Lake Management Plan
• Pickerel-Crooked Lakes Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Plan
• Stover Creek Restoration and Management Plan
• Tannery Creek Watershed Management Plan