St. Joseph River Watershed On-line Resources
Watershed Education Links: learn about and protect watersheds
Historical Resources
- Indiana historical properties on the state and national registers
- County historical survey map
- Michigan
historic bridges over the St. Joseph River and her tributaries
- US-12, Mottville, pedestrian
- M-63, St. Joseph
- moved from Sterling Road, Hillsdale Co.
- US-12, Niles
- Covered Bridge, St. Joseph Co.
- M-86, Three Rivers
- Buckner Road, Mendon
- 12 Mile Road, Tekonsha
- 22.5 Mile Road, Calhoun Co.
- Big Hill Road, Fawn River, Fawn River Twp.
- M-86, Prairie River, Centreville
- Balk Road, Fawn River, Sturgis Twp.
- Fort St. Joseph Museum
- Article about discovery of fort remains
- Support the Fort, Inc.
Watershed Groups/Nature Centers
- Friends of the St. Joseph River Water Quality Monitoring
- Hoosier Riverwatch, search for volunteer monitoring data in the Indiana portion of the watershed
- Michiana Area Council of Governments Water Quality Activities
- St. Joseph River Basin Commission (Indiana)
- Wood-Land-Lakes RC&D
- Indiana Lakes Management Society
- LaGrange County Lakes Council
- Steuben County Lakes Council
- Preserves protected by the Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy
- Sarett Nature Center, located along the Paw Paw River in Berrien County, MI
- Fernwood Botanical Garden and Nature Center, located along the St. Joseph River in Niles, MI
Recreation/Fisheries
- Canoeing the St. Joe River with Indiana Outfitters, includes link to real time stream flow data in Elkhart, IN
- Michigan Association of Paddlesport Providers (canoe rentals and river cleanups)
- Indiana's Navigable Waters
- 2003 IN Trout Stocking Locations
- St.
Joseph River Assessment, 1999, MDNR
- Executive Summary
- All components of report available in PDF format at Fisheries Managment Special Reports page.
- Tables from the St. Joe River Assessment, first table lists archeological sites in the St. Joseph River Basin (PDF)
- Interstate Anadromous Fish Project, bi-state stocking, managment and fish ladder project
- MI
Status of the Fishery Resource Reports
- Belas Lake, Cass County
- Bogart Lake, Cass County
- Brandywine Creek, Berrien and Cass Counties
- Campbell Creek, Van Buren County
- Corey Lake, Cass and St. Joseph Counties
- Curtis Creek, Cass and St. Joseph Counties
- Diamond Lake, Cass County
- Donnell Lake, Cass County
- Dowagiac Creek, Cass County
- East Branch Paw Paw River, Kalamazoo and Van Buren Co. 1991, 1995
- Fawn River, St. Joseph County
- Gilead Lake, Branch County
- Kirk Lake, Cass County
- Lake Lavine, Branch County
- Long Lake, Kalamazoo County, 1991, 1997
- Love Creek, Berrien County, 1990, 1997
- Magician Lake, Cass and Van Buren Counties
- Maple Lake, Van Buren County, 1991, 1995
- Pleasant Lake, St. Joseph County, (PDF)
- Portage Lake, St. Joseph County
- Rocky River, Cass and St. Joseph Counties, 1990, 1996
- Round Lake, Hillsdale County
- Spring Creek, St. Joseph County
- Union
Lake, Branch County
Agriculture
- IN Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts River Friendly Farmer Program
- USDA Census of Agriculture, comparing trends from 1987, 1992 and 1997
- American Farmland Trust Agricultural Snapshot
- Indiana Dairyman Earns 2000 Steward of the Land Award
Water Resources
- IN Coordinated Discharges for St. Joseph River and Tributaries
- IN Groundwater Availability Map
- IN Water Resource Availability in the St. Joseph River Basin
- Storet Surface Water and Groundwater Data
- Surf Your Watershed
- Enviromapper for Water
- Lake Michigan Mass Balance Study (identifying pollutants loads to Lake Michigan from tributaries and atmospheric deposition)
- Lake Michigan Lakewide Management Plan (also identifies pollutant loading from tributaries)
- USGS Flow Stations Data
- USEPA Drinking Water Information
- Great Lakes Commission Report of the Lake Michigan Tributary Monitoring Project
- Understanding Your Watershed, MSU Institute of Water Resources Interactive Mapping Program to Explore Michigan Watersheds; View spatial data for the Michigan portion of the St. Joseph River Watershed
- City of South Bend St. Joe River Use Survey
- Watershed Protection in Indiana for Safe Drinking Water (Purdue University)
- Watersheds of Van Buren County
Impaired Waters/Point Sources
- MI Fish Contaminant Monitoring Online Database
- 2002 Michigan Family Fish Consumption Guide
- IN Fish Consumption Advisories by County
- MI TMDL Program
- MI E. coli TMDL for the St. Joseph River (PDF)
- MI Year 2002 303(d) Report (PDF)
- Assessment of MI's Waters, includes draft St. Joe River E. coli TMDL documents
- IN TMDL Program: Indiana's 303(d) list
- IN E. coli TMDL for the St. Joseph River (PDF)
- IN NPDES Facilities List by County
- Water Quality Assessment for development of TMDLs for E. coli
Subwatershed Pages
- Meandrs: Dowaigac River, Michigan
- Baugo Creek Watershed Management Plan Grant
- Engineering Feasibility Study of Juday Creek
- Rocky River Watershed Page
- Lake Wawasee Conservancy Foundation
Wildlife/Habitat
- River Otter Reintroduction Program (release sites in the sjr watershed)
- "The Nature Conservancy Celebrates First Acquisition in Paw Paw River Project."
- Indiana Wetlands by County: Map; Table
- National Wildlife Federation Frog Watch, Indiana; search for counties/locations in watershed. No Michigan locations in watershed.
- Endangered and threatened species by Indiana county.
- Michigan Natural Features Inventory Data Resources (several maps and species occurence listings available)
- Hillsdale County Natural Resources Information
Etc.
- IN State of the Environment Report, includes Watershed Quality Ratings for the St. Joseph River Watershed; 2002 edition; 2003 edition
- Watershed Restoration Action Strategies: St. Joseph River
- IN Brownfield Redevelopment Success Stories; two in St. Joseph County
- IN Office of Water Section 319 page, search for project summaries by region
- Press Release for WMU-sponsored St. Joseph Watershed Conference in June, 2002
- Image of the river mouth at St. Joe/Benton Harbor, Michigan
- Aerial photograph of river mouth at St. Joseph/ Benton Harbor, MI
