Watershed Summary 

The Lower Huron River Watershed covers 74-square miles of the 908-square-mile Huron River basin.  The Lower Huron River begins downstream of the French Landing Dam that creates Belleville Lake in Van Buren Charter Township, and flows into Lake Erie.  Nearly 10,940 acres of wetlands remain in the watershed as of 2000. Included in the watershed are four Metroparks (Lower Huron; Willow; Oakwoods; and Lake Erie), and the Pointe Mouillée State Game Area providing over 7,500 acres of public land for recreation and natural resource protection.  The Metroparks contain some of the most diverse native ecosystems remaining in the lower Huron River Watershed.  The Lower Huron River Watershed is locally funded and approved under the CMI administrative rules.

MDEQ Nonpoint Source Links 

• Lower Huron River Watershed Management Plan 

Watershed Websites 

• Lower Huron River Watershed 

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