DEQ - Approved Watershed Plans

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Approved Watershed Plans

Contact: Peter Vincent 517-241-8351

A Watershed Management Plan considers all uses, pollutant sources, and impacts within a drainage area. More than 150 Watershed Management Plans have been developed at the local level utilizing DEQ grants from the Nonpoint Source grant program. Watershed Management Plans serve as guides for communities to protect and improve the water quality. Grant funding for implementation of best management practices identified within the Watershed Management Plans is available through the federal Clean Water Act as well as the Clean Michigan Initiative (CMI) Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Grant program. To be eligible for implementation funds, the Watershed Management Plan must meet certain criteria and be approved by the DEQ. The watersheds shown in the map have DEQ approved Watershed Management Plans that meet CMI criteria. Watershed plans approved under 319 also meet the USEPA nine minimum elements, and are eligible for grant funding under Section 319 of the federal Clean Water Act. Eligibility requirements for funding are included in each Request for Proposals issued through the NPS program. For more information about Requests for Proposals, see Grant Applicant Information on the Nonpoint Source home page. For more information about watershed management plans, see Developing an Approvable Watershed Management Plan.

State-wide Map of Approved and Pending Watershed Plans -
Click on any DEQ district for a district-level watershed map.

State-wide Map of Approved Watershed Plans

Watershed Plan	Approval
Lake Huron Initiative	CMI
Cadillac District Watersheds
Betsie River	CMI
Black Lake	CMI
Cedar Lake	CMI and 319
Cheboygan River, Lower Black River	CMI and 319
Glen Lake/Crystal River	CMI and 319
Grand Traverse Bay	CMI and 319
> Boardman River	CMI
> Elk River Chain of Lakes	CMI
> Long Lake (Grand Traverse Co.)	CMI and 319
> Mitchell Creek	CMI
Hamlin Lake/Big Sable	CMI
Herring Lake	CMI
Lake Charlevoix	CMI
Lake Leelanau Watershed	CMI and 319
Little Manistee River	CMI
Little Traverse Bay	CMI and 319
Manistee River	CMI
> Bear Creek (Manistee Co.)	CMI
> Upper Manistee	CMI and 319
Mullet Lake	CMI
Muskegon River	CMI and 319
> Higgins Lake	CMI and 319
> Upper Clam River	CMI
Ocqueoc River	CMI and 319
Pere Marquette	CMI and 319
Pine River/Van Etten Lake	CMI and 319
Platte River	CMI
Portage Lake	CMI and 319
Thunder Bay River, Main Branch	CMI
Thunder Bay River, North and South Branches	CMI
Upper Au Sable	CMI
Grand Rapids District Watersheds
Lower Grand River	CMI and 319
> Buck Creek	CMI and 319
> Coldwater River (Lower Grand)	CMI and 319
> Hager Creek	CMI
> Plaster Creek	CMI and 319
> Rogue River	CMI and 319
> Sand Creek	CMI
> Schoolhouse Creek	CMI
> Spring Lake	CMI
Macatawa	CMI
Mona Lake	CMI and 319
Muskegon River	CMI and 319
> Bear Creek/Bear Lake	CMI and 319
> Muskegon Lake	CMI
Pigeon River	CMI
South Branch Pentwater River	CMI
White River	CMI and 319
Jackson District Watersheds
Huron River--Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti	CMI and 319
> Millers Creek	CMI and 319
Mill Creek Watershed (Huron R.)	CMI and 319
Portage Creek (Huron R.)	CMI and 319
St. Joe River	CMI and 319
> Hog Creek	CMI and 319
River Raisin	CMI and 319
Stony Creek (Monroe and Washtenaw Co.)	CMI
Upper Grand River	CMI and 319
Kalamazoo District Watersheds
Black River	CMI and 319
Galien River	CMI and 319
Kalamazoo River	CMI and 319
> Battle Creek River (Calhoun Co.)	CMI and 319
> Davis, Gourdneck and Portage Creek	CMI
> Four Townships Area Watershed	CMI and 319
> Greater Battle Creek Area	CMI
> Gun River	CMI and 319
> Rabbit River	CMI and 319
>> Little Rabbit River	CMI
>> Upper Rabbit River	CMI
> Portage and Arcadia Creeks	CMI and 319
> Rice Creek	CMI and 319
St. Joe River	CMI and 319
> Dowagiac River	CMI
> Hodunk-Messenger Chain of Lakes	CMI and 319
> Nottawa Creek	CMI
> Paw Paw River	CMI and 319
> Rocky River	CMI and 319
> Swan Creek	CMI
Lansing District Watersheds
Brighton Lake Subwatershed	CMI and 319
Carrier Creek	CMI
Gilkey Creek	CMI and 319
Kearsley Creek	CMI and 319
Mid-Shiawassee River	CMI
South Branch Flint River	CMI and 319
Swartz Creek	CMI and 319
Upper Looking Glass	CMI and 319
Upper Maple	CMI and 319
Saginaw Bay District Watersheds
Black River	CMI and 319
Cedar River (Gladwin County)	CMI and 319
Eastern Sanilac Coastal Tributary	CMI and 319
Kawkawlin River	CMI and 319
Pigeon River	CMI and 319
Pinnebog River	CMI and 319
Rifle River	CMI
Sebewaing River	CMI and 319
Sturgeon Creek (Midland Co.)	CMI and 319
Southeast Michigan District Watersheds
Anchor Bay	CMI and 319
Clinton River Main Watershed	CMI and 319
> Pontiac Creek	CMI and 319
Clinton River East Watershed	CMI and 319
Clinton River North Branch	CMI and 319
Combined Downriver	CMI
Ecorse Creek	CMI
Huron Chain of Lakes	CMI
> Brighton Lake Subwatershed	CMI and 319
Kent Lake Watershed	CMI and 319
Lake St. Clair	CMI and 319
Lower Huron	CMI
Red Run Watershed	CMI and 319
> Bear Creek (Oakland County)	CMI
Rouge River	CMI
> Lower 1 Subwatershed	CMI
> Lower 2 Subwatershed	CMI
> Main 1-2 Subwatershed	CMI
> Main 3-4 Subwatershed	CMI
> Middle 1 Subwatershed	CMI
> Middle 3 Subwatershed	CMI
> Upper Subwatershed	CMI
St. Clair County's NE Watersheds	CMI
Stony/Paint Creek	CMI and 319
> Stony Creek (Oakland County)	CMI and 319
Swartz Creek	CMI and 319
Upper Peninsula District Watersheds
Chocolay River	CMI
Days River	CMI and 319
Eagle River	CMI and 319
Fumee Creek	CMI and 319
Hamilton Creek	CMI
Huron Creek	319
Iron River Watershed	CMI
Les Cheneaux	CMI and 319
Lower Dead River	CMI and 319
Munising Bay	CMI
Otter River	CMI
Partridge Creek	CMI and 319
Pine Creek (Dickinson Co.)	CMI
Salmon Trout River	CMI and 319
Sault Saint Marie	CMI and 319
Trap Rock River	CMI
Two Hearted River	CMI and 319
Whetstone Brook & Orianna Creek	CMI

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