City Utilities received a passthrough grant for the St. Joseph River Watershed Initiative (Initiative) from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management’s Clean Water Act Section 205(j) grant program in the amount of $125,625. These funds will be used to implement the Lower Cedar Creek Watershed Management Plan Assessment and Education Program. With land use changes, population growth, and sediment loading from the Cedar Creek, a Watershed Management Plan will be a guiding document to help improve water quality within the Cedar Creek and its tributaries.
This webpage is your one stop for information regarding the Cedar Creek Watershed Management Plan Assessment and Education Program. To learn more about the Cedar Creek, view our fact sheet. Below you will find previous steering committee notes, the event calendar, WMP drafts, links to educational resources and more.
Please reach out to Hannah Allen via email or at 260-427-5021 or Jackie Buck via email for more information.
January 24, 2024 — Notes | Presentation
October 10, 2023 — Notes
July 26, 2023 — Notes | Public Meeting Presentation | Workshop Slides | Workshop Recording
April 26, 2023 — Notes
Coming Soon
June 29, 2024 — Flow the St. Joe at Riverside Gardens Park. Registration is required and there is a $30 fee.
June 15, 2024 — Paddle Social: Cedar Creek – St. Joseph River in partnership with Northeast Indiana Water Trains and Beautiful Bait. Put-in at Cedar Creek SR1 DNR PAS – 9600-9628 St Joseph St, Leo and take-out at St. Joseph DNR PAS – 9100 Mayhew Rd. Paddles starts at 10 a.m. and is estimated to take 3 hours.
June 9, 2024 — Hoosier Riverwatch at Eckhart Park, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Registration is required.
May 19, 2024 — EcoFest at Headwaters Park, 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
May 11, 2024 — Rain Barrel Make-N-Take Workshop at ACRES Landtrust Tom and Jane Dustin Preserve. Classes are at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Registration is required and there is a $20 fee.
April 27, 2024 — Spring Into Nature at Eckhart Park, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
April 20, 2024 — Hoosier Riverwatch at Metea County Park, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Registration is required.
September 10, 2023 — Hoosier Riverwatch Citizen Science Training at Metea County Park, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Registration is required.
September 6, 2023 — 2023 Soil Health Field Day at Roemke Farms, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
July 26, 2023 — Public Meeting at Well Grounded Café, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
March 15, 2024 — Citizen Science Water Quality Monitoring Training
October 18, 2023 — Healthy Soil = Healthy Farms: The Argument for Use of Cover Crops
August 25, 2023 – Citizen Science Water Quality Monitoring Training
July 17, 2023 — St. Joseph River Watershed Initiative Hosting a Public Meeting and Water Quality Workshop for the Cedar Creek
June 6, 2023 — St. Joseph River Watershed Initiative Working to Create A Path for a Cleaner Cedar Creek
Upcoming Events
This project has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under assistance agreement (C6-00E72022) to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. The contents of this document do not necessarily reflect the views and polices of the Environmental Protection Agency, nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.