Lower Grand Watershed Interactive Tool (WIT)

Create a Watershed Management Plan

The following tools can help watershed advocates create
nonpoint source watershed management plans.

Guidebook for Lower Grand River Watershed

• An Introductory Guide to Watershed Planning
• Information and Education Guidebook
• Lower Grand River Watershed Management Plan
• Resource Library
• Watershed Action Plan (WAP) (Macros must be enabled in Excel before you open)
• Watershed Assessment Matrix (WAM)
• Watershed Interactive Mapping (WIM)
• MDEQ Mapping Tool

*Some of these files are fairly large and may take awhile to download.  If you would like a CD containing any of these documents please e-mail Brian Hanson at hansobri@gvsu.edu or call at 616-331-3947.

Information & Education Worksheets

• Product Development Worksheet
• Project Evaluation Meetings Worksheet
• Target Audience Profile Worksheet

Plaster Creek Watershed

• Plaster Creek Watershed Management Plan (pdf 10mb)

Coldwater River Watershed

• Coldwater River Watershed Management Plan (pdf 32mb)

Example Rural Watershed Management Plan - Sand Creek

• Project Summary
• Sand Creek Watershed Management Plan
• Photo Gallery
• Involved Groups of Interest

Example Urban Watershed Management Plan - Buck Creek

• Project Summary
• Buck Creek Watershed Management Plan
• Photo Gallery

Potential Partners for Watershed Planning (Excel Spreadsheets)

• Libraries
• Mass Media
• Minor Civil Divisions
• Museums
• Organizations/Agencies
• Places of Interest
• Schools

State of Michigan DEQ References

• Woody debris - the importance of managing it correctly
• Estimating stream temperature with removal of riparian vegetation
• Impacts of waterfowl on nutrients
• Michigan Center for Geographic Information
• Water Division of MDEQ
• Blue Book - Developing a Watershed Management Plan for Water Quality, An Introductory Guide
• Guidebook of Best Management Practices for Michigan Watersheds
• Index of Individual BMP's
• Section 319 Watershed Training Manual
• Grantee Workshop Presentations
• Overview of Watershed Management Plan Development Process
• MDEQ Mapping Tool

Federal Environmental Protection Agency References

• Volunteer Monitors Guide to Quality Assurance Project Plans
• Surf Your Watershed

Grants

• GuideStar - National Database of Nonprofit Organizations
• MSU Library Grants and Related Sources
• Grand Rapids Library Foundations and Nonprofits
• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
  

Contact:

Grand Valley Metro Council
40 Pearl St. NW, Ste. 410
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
(616) 776-3876
planning@gvmc.org