SMC coordinates with watershed groups and ecosystem partnerships on projects and outreach activities to improve the watersheds and educate watershed stakeholders. If you live within one of these watersheds, get involved. Everyone lives in a watershed.
Fox River Watershed
4 Lakes Watershed Initiative (Mutton Creek, Slocum Lake Drain subwatersheds/Lake Co)
Contact: Brian Vallesky, Illinois Lakes Management Association
630.634.0562
9 Lakes Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Implementation Planning (Slocum, Tower Lakes Drain subwatersheds/Lake Co)
Contact: Tim Loftus, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
312.386.8666
9 Lakes fact sheet (PDF format 221KB)
Citizens for Conservation (Flint Creek subwatershed)
Contact: 847.382.7283
Flint Creek Watershed Partnership (Flint Creek subwatershed)
Contact: Patsy Mortimer, Coordinator
847.381.8663
Tower Lakes Drain Watershed Partnership (Tower Lakes Drain subwatershed)
Contact:
Lisa Woolford, Barrington Area Conservation Trust
847.387.3149
Des Plaines River Watershed
Buffalo Creek Clean Water Partnership (Lake Co/Cook Co) (Des Plaines River watershed)
Contact: Jeff Weiss, Founder
Conserve Lake County
Contact: 847.548.5989
Indian Creek Watershed Project, Ltd. (Indian Creek subwatershed)
Contact: Tori Trauscht, Coordinator
Upper Des Plaines River Ecosystem Partnership (Upper Des Plaines River subwatershed)
Contact: Keith Gray, President
Lake Michigan Watershed
Lake Michigan Watershed Ecosystem Partnership
Contact: Angela Larsen, Coastal Program Manager, Alliance for the Great Lakes
312.445.9746
North Branch of the Chicago River Watershed
Chicago Wilderness
Contact: Catherine Game, Alliance Relations Coordinator
312.580.2135
Friends of the Chicago River
Contact: John Quail, Director, Watershed Planning
312.939.0490 ext. 20