Watershed Program
 
Watershed Program  SDCF is currently coordinating implementation of watershed management plans in the Dunes Creek and Salt Creek watersheds. Both are located in Porter County, Indiana within the Lake Michigan Basin. The Dunes Creek Watershed Management Plan was completed and approved by IDEM in 2006. The Salt Creek Watershed Management Plan was approved by IDEM in 2008, and implementation is currently underway is currently underway. ../Dunes%20Creek/Dunes%20Creek.html../Salt%20Creek/Salt%20Creek%20.htmlshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1
You Can Make a Difference!
 
 
  1. ✦Find your watershed and get active!
  2. ✦Volunteer for watershed programs such as water quality monitoring(contact SDCF for opportunities).
  3. ✦Minimize the use of lawn fertilizers and pesticides.
  4. ✦Make sure your septic system functions properly.
  5. ✦Dispose of waste properly, rather than dumping waste down storm drains.
  6. ✦Keep yard waste and trash out of the streets and gutters.
  7. ✦Use native vegetation to landscape your yard.
  8. ✦Pick up after your pets.
 
Why Watershed Management?
 
A watershed is the area of land that drains to a creek, river, lake, or other body of water. Because watersheds are determined by land elevation rather than political borders, watershed boundaries can cross municipal, state, or even international boundaries. Watershed management is an effective way to cross traditional boundaries and bring people in a region together to make responsible land use choices that protect water quality.
 
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Fostering Sustainable Development Study
 
SDCF partnered with local governmental agencies to estimate the impacts of new development on local water resources with and without incorporation of LID BMPs.  SDCF found that incorporation of riparian buffers and LID BMPs can greatly reduce the stormwater volume and pollutant load increases associated with new development in Northwest Indiana.  Download the Fostering Sustainable Development Project Summary for more information.