CRA’s PM River Management Plan
Kim Balke with the Conservation Resource Alliance (CRA), on behalf of the Pere Marquette Watershed Council, has completed updating the Pere Marquette River Management Plan. The State of Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) approved Ms. Balke’s updated Plan in December 2011, indicating that it met the criteria for (1) the state Clean Michigan Initiative (CMI) Nonpoint Source Pollution Control program; and (2) the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Section 319 program of the federal Clean Water Act.
This approval will now allow the Pere Marquette Watershed Council, CRA and others to apply for funding from these two governmental programs for a ten year period (the life of the Plan). In 2021 the Plan will most likely need updating again to maintain eligibility for both CMI and Section 319 funds.
The Plan is very comprehensive. Chapter 1 Executive Summary contains general information and characteristics of the watershed, the challenges of managing such a large area, biological assessments, identification of critical ares, outline of a managment plan and implementation of the plan.
A copy of the entire Pere Marquette River Management Plan is also available for your viewing by clicking on the link. This is a very large document, nearly 200 pages, and will require time to load onto your computer. In appendices to the Plan, Ms. Balke included reports and a number of maps as exhibits. These are available for your review as well by clicking on the links below. Again, please be patient while they load.
APPENDIX E – A biological survey of the Pere Marquette Watershed - Mason, Oceana, Lake and Newaygo Counties, Michigan, July and August 2005; MDEQ Water Bureau October 2007 Staff Report.
APPENDIX F – Pere Marquette Watershed Maps ”Click on Figure # to view each map”
Figure 1 Land Conservancy of West Michigan PM River Watershed Protection Accomplishments
Figure 2 PM River Watershed Map
Figure 3 PM River Subwatersheds
Figure 4 Presettlement Landscape
Figure 5 Federal Wild and Scenic Act Streams
Figure 6 Public Ownership
Figure 7 Natural Rivers Act Tributaries
Figure 8 Designated Trout Streams
Figure 9 Glacial Geology - Bedrock
Figure 10 Glacial Geology - Surface
Figure 11 Soil Surface Texture
Figure 12 Natural Soil Drainage
Figure 13 Natural Runoff Potential
Figure 14 Sheet and Rill Erosion Potential
Figure 15 Hydric Soils
Figure 16 Topographic Slopes
Figure 17 Topography/Digital Elevation Model
Figure 18 Water Well Locations
Figure 19 Wetlands
Figure 20 Unique Natural Communities
Figure 21 Land Use (National Land Cover Database 2001)
Figure 22 Population Density
Figure 23 Political Units
Figure 24 Priority Areas
Figure 25 Critical Areas
Figure 26 SE Mason, NE Oceana Counties Water Quality & Land Protection Priorities
Figure 27 Eastern Mason County Water Quality & Land Protection Priorities
Figure 28 Western Mason County Water Quality & Land Protection Priorities
Figure 29 Southwestern Lake County Water Quality & Land Protection Priorities
Figure 30 Southeastern Lake County Water Quality & Land Protection Priorities
Figure 31 Northern Newaygo County Water Quality & Land Protection Priorities
Figure 32 Road Stream Crossing Sites
Figure 33 Streambank Erosion Sites
Figure 34 HIT Model Results – Sediment Contributing Areas in Lower PM River Watershed (SEE PLAN – PG 74)
Figure 35 HIT Model Results – Sediment Contributing Area in Lower PM River (SEE PLAN – PG 75)
Figure 36 Potential Wetland Restoration Areas
Figure 37 Contamination Sites
Figure 38 County Drains
