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

• Citizens for Conservation (Flint Creek subwatershed)
  • Phone: 847-382-7283
• Fox River Ecosystem Partnership (Lake Co/Kane Co)
  • Contact: Becky Hoag, Communications Manager
  • Phone: 630-482-9157
• Greater Pistakee Lake Watershed Partnership (Upper Fox subwatershed)
  • Contact:  Rob Rickenberger, Fox Waterway Agency
  • Phone: 847-587-8540
• Tower Lakes Drain Watershed Partnership (Tower Lakes Drain subwatershed)

Des Plaines River Watershed

• Buffalo Creek Clean Water Partnership (Lake Co/Cook Co) (Buffalo Creek subwatershed)
  • Contact: Jeff Weiss, Founder
• Des Plaines River Watershed Workgroup (DRWW)
• Conserve Lake County
• Diamond Lake Preservation Alliance (Indian Creek subwatershed)

Lake Michigan Watershed

• Illinois Coastal Management Program
  • Contact: Lisa Cotner, Natural Resources Specialist Grants 
  • Phone: 312-814-6414

• Waukegan Harbor Citizens Group
  
  

North Branch of the Chicago River Watershed

• Chicago Wilderness
  • Contact: Catherine Game, Alliance Relations Coordinator
  • Phone: 312-580-2135
• Friends of the Chicago River 
  • Contact: John Quail, Director, Watershed Planning
  • Phone: 312-939-0490 Ext. 20
• Lake Forest Open Lands