Many governmental agencies in Michigan are involved in various aspects of stream channel stabilization or rehabilitation. Many of these agencies use morphological analysis tools to determine stream stability and natural stream design. Staff from state and federal agencies formed Michigan's Stream Team in 2002 to discuss ways to share resources and develop common methods for collecting stream data that could be used to create regional reference curves for the entire state of Michigan.  Michigan's Stream Team consists of representatives from the:

• Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), 
• Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), 
• Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR), 
• Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA), 
• U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
• U. S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), 
• U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS),
• U. S. Forest Service (USFS), 
• U. S. Geological Survey (USGS), 
• Calhoun Conservation District (CCD), and 
• Michigan State University (MSU). 

Michigan's Stream Team was formed to develop regional curves showing bankfull dimensions versus drainage area for physiographic provinces in Michigan where appropriate gage data is available.  The project will begin with the 2006 field season and is expected to last three years, with progress reports provided yearly.

The Stream Team's goals are to:

• Produce regional reference curves for Michigan
• Develop and manage a database for the reference reach data including determining the quality control necessary for stream data to be entered
• Train the Morphology Workgroup and others on stream morphology
• Serve as a technical resource to advance stream morphology science to Michigan agencies and interest groups