Stony Creek Watershed - Public Information

LEARN HOW YOU CAN HELP KEEP THE WATERSHED HEALTHY

You don't have to live along the creek to contribute to the problem! The following websites teach you how to make simple changes in the way you manage your home and garden to make a positive difference in your watershed:

Fertilizer and Pesticide Use at home (MDEQ)
www.deq.state.id.us/water/gw/water_FertilizerPesticide.htm

Fertilizer and Pesticide tips (MDEQ)
www.deq.state.id.us/water/gw/water_FertilizerPesticide_tips.htm

15 Things You Can Do to Make a Difference in your Watershed (EPA)
www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/earthday/earthday.html

You Can Help! In and Around the Home (Huron River Watershed Council)
comnet.org/local/orgs/hrwc/ie/ieind.htm

Car Wash Tips
www.watershedrestoration.org/news/pollprevent.html

Watersheds for Kids (EPA)
www.epa.gov/owow/kids.html

GET INVOLVED

MACROINVERTEBRATE STUDY

The types and variety of macroinvertebrates (insects, etc.) that live in our creeks, help us determine the overall quality of the water in the Stony Creek Watershed. Some macroinvertebrates are sensitive to particular pollutants (such as some stoneflies, mayflies, and caddisflies) and other macroinvertebrates are pollution tolerant (such as the midge larva and the rat-tailed maggot larva).

In order to help determine the overall water quality in the Stony Creek Watershed, we collected macroinvertebrates from 6 locations along Paint and Stony Creeks between Ypsilanti and Monroe on Saturday, June 19. We are very grateful to the volunteers who generously donated their time to help us pick through stream samples to find macroinvertebrates and to the trained leaders and collectors who led our groups of volunteers in the field.

The results are posted in the "Water Quality" section of the webpage.

Let us know if you are interested in participating in macroinvertebrate studies in the future: jhartlep@emich.edu .

REPORT PROBLEMS OR CONCERNS IN THE WATERSHED

Contact Project staff: jhartlep@emich.edu .

Contact your township representative. Click here to see the list of committee members.

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Page last updated August 2004