Pine Creek Watershed Project

Pollution Solutions

The main goals of the Pine Creek Watershed Project are to maintain the following designated uses:

Top and Second Quality Cold Water Fishery
Second Quality Warm Water Fishery

Secondary goals include:

Increasing Public Awareness and Education Relating Water Quality and the Protection of this Natural Resource
Educating Loggers and Landowners about BMPs or "Pollution Solutions"

THE PRIORITY POLLUTANTS IN THE PINE CREEK WATERSHED ARE SEDIMENT AND NUTRIENTS.

BMPs are any structural, vegetative, or managerial practice uses to treat, prevent, or reduce water pollution. keep…

Examples of Best Management Practices: Keep bulleted list beginning Managing stormwater…

Pollutant Sources: During the development of the Pine Creek Watershed Management Plan (which was approved by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality in 1997) the following sources of pollution were identified as having the most detrimental effect in the watershed. (Link these to their own photo page)