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Within Grundy County there are three active watershed organizations who
strive to protect their body of water. If you would like to attend
any meetings or functions with your local watershed group, please feel
free to contact them. The three watersheds are ... |
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Aux Sable Creek Watershed Coalition |
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Mazon River Watershed Group |
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Nettle Creek Watershed Conservancy |
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Aux Sable Creek
Watershed Coalition |
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The purpose of the Aux Sable Creek Watershed
Coalition is to promote awareness of the exceptional natural resources
in the Aux Sable Creek Watershed and to encourage activities that will
protect and improve the watershed. We work to identify challenges
to the quality of the Aux Sable Creek Watershed, develop alternative
strategies to address these challenges, and promote conservation
education that will enhance stewardship in the watershed. For more
information, please
visit their website. |
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Aux Sable Creek Watershed Map |
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Regular Meeting Schedule
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Bimonthly in January, March, May, July, September, & November |
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4th Thursday of the month |
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7:00 pm |
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Seward Township Hall on Rt 52 across from Baker Forest Preserve |
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Joan Soltwisch
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Aux Sable Creek Watershed Coalition |
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PO Box 306 |
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Minooka, IL 60447 |
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(815) 467-2059 |
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Upcoming Events |
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Past Accomplishments |
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Mazon
River
Stewardship
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The Mazon River drains 521 square miles of land to the Illinois River.
The watershed encompasses portions of six counties in northcentral
Illinois, about 52 miles southwest of Chicago. This picturesque
area is home to 32,000 people. Large communities like Morris,
which sits just outside the basin, provide urban amenities, while many
small villages offer a rural lifestyle; Braceville, Braidwood, Campus,
Coal City, Diamond, Dwight, East Brooklyn, Gardner, Godley, Mazon,
Odell, Reddick, South Wilmington and Verona. There is an abundance
of prime agricultural land and a strong transportation network.
The Mazonia Lakes State Park offers land preservation with hunting and
fishing. Some private clubs offer a relaxing, outdoor setting for
local and distant citizens, enjoying lakes remnant of the areas past
coal mining industry. For more information, please
visit their website. |
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Mazon River Watershed Map |
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Regular Meeting Schedule |
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Date changes -
click here for calendar |
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Wednesdays or Saturdays |
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moves around the watershed |
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Contact |
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Tammi Janel |
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(815) 941-9311 |
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stjanel@sbcglobal.net |
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Upcoming Events |
- Hosting a guest speaker, Sara Miller from the University of
Illinois Landscape and Human Health Laboratory on Tuesday May 20, 08
at 7:00 pm in the basement of the USDA Service Center.
Click here for
more details.
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Past Accomplishments |
- Past Featured Speakers: Bob Massey and Lynn Boerman of IDNR - "
Conservation Grants", Roger Klocek of the John G. Shedd Aquarium -
"Mussels of the Mazon River", The Conservation Foundation - "
Conservation Development", Prairie Rivers Network - "What Every
Citizen Should Know about Stormwater", Heidi Miller of the Grundy
County Land Use - "Prospects of a Forest Preserve in Grundy County"
- Awarded grant money from IDNR Illinois Wildlife Preservation
Fund for a series of mussel surveys in the assessment of resources,
2005
- Grundy County Land Use Plan adopted changes presented by various
conservation groups including The Mazon River Watershed Group, 2005
- Awarded grant money by IDNR for a watershed educational booklet
distributed to 5th graders for " Ag in the Classroom" program, 2004
- Display educational booths at the annual Grundy County
Environmental Fair to educate our community, 2003-Present
- Establishment of 5 "Riverwatch" sites along the Mazon River and
training coordination of 12 "citizen scientists", 2003
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Nettle Creek
Watershed Conservancy |
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The Nettle Creek Watershed is a +45,000 acre drainage basin located in
northern Grundy, southern Kendall, and eastern LaSalle Counties.
Nettle Creek empties into the Illinois River at the city of Morris.
The Nettle Creek Watershed Conservancy is a group of local citizens
working on the following priority resource concerns for the Nettle Creek
Watershed: water quality and quantity, wildlife habitat, development
issues, education and preservation of historical information, and
flooding. |
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Nettle Creek Watershed Map |
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Regular Meeting Schedule |
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Monthly except for July & December |
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1st Thursday of the month |
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7:00 pm |
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Grundy County Farm Bureau basement |
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George (by email) |
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Bill (by phone) 815-941-2666 |
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Upcoming Events |
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Past Accomplishments |
- Accepted Technical Advisory Committee Reports for the Nettle
Creek Watershed Plan, Aug 2007
- Awarded grant funding from Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund
form mussel surveys to assess Nettle Creek resources with
educational experience for Nettle Creek elementary school students,
2007
- Worked with IDNR biologists in fish survey of 10 sites to assess
Nettle Creek resources, 2006
- Display educational booth at the Annual Grundy County
Environmental Fair to educate our community, 2005 - present
- Participated in World Water Monitoring Day, 2005 - present
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