The FotSJR provides education and outreach coordination on watershed projects with our partners.
Projects in Progress:
- Stormwater Management Education Project - Assisting the Southwest Michigan Planning Commission with workshops related to lawn care practices and landscaping for water quality.
- St. Joseph River Watershed Fish Migration Barrier Inventory - Assisting the Potawatomi RC&D in gathering local information about fish migration barriers and hosting a workshop on the results of the prioritization process during summer 2011.
- St. Joseph River Watershed Wetland Coalition & Media Campaign - Establishing a bi-state Wetland Coalition and media campaign to increase wetland restoration and protection efforts in the St. Joseph River Watershed. This project will assist the FotSJR's strategic plan to become a center for watershed communication and resource for innovation/change by building a strong coalition, publishing quarterly newsletters, increasing member/donor activity and improving the web site.
Pending Projects:
- St. Joseph River (MI/IN) Watershed Ecosystem Services Payment Program
- Funding Souce - Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
- Primary Partner - Delta Institute
- Targeted Efforts for Repairing SE Lake Michigan Health
- Funding Source - EPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
- Primary Partner - Michigan Department of Agriculture
- Hodunk-Messenger Chain of Lakes Watershed Implementation Project
- Funding Source - MDNRE 319 Grant Program
- Primary Partner - Branch Conservation District
- Prairie River Watershed Management Planning Project
- Funding Source - MDNRE 319 Grant Program
- Primary Partner - Branch Conservation District