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Indian Creek Watershed Project
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last updated: December 2020

Mission Statement

The Indian Creek Watershed Project is comprised of watershed stakeholders dedicated to the preservation, protection, and improvement of the Indian Creek sub-watershed of the Des Plaines River. Our mission is to realize a long-term vision for a healthy watershed and an educated citizenry. Our goal is to educate while building partnerships to improve water quality, reduce flooding, and preserve and restore wetlands, woodlands, and other natural resources for future generations.

The Board of the Indian Creek Watershed Project

The Indian Creek Watershed Project Ltd. was formed in July of 2000 for the benefit of the Indian Creek watershed. This organization was formed to oversee an IEPA 319 grant received in April of 2001. The group received nonprofit status in January 2001 and ended non-profit status in 2014 after participating in over 15 grants to improve water quality.

Background

The Indian Creek Watershed Project was formed in the summer of 2000 to promote water quality education and improve conditions in the Indian Creek watershed and beyond. Our effort has been a regional one in the Chicago area within the Indian Creek watershed, a sub-basin of the Des Plaines River in northeastern Illinois. The Indian Creek Watershed Project (ICWP) was founded to help improve water quality and reduce flooding via stakeholder education and regional improvement projects.Our organization is unique in Lake County because it is sub-basin oriented and we have worked across municipal and township boundaries. Our watershed encompasses parts of the villages of Mundelein, Vernon Hills, Hawthorn Woods, Long Grove, Lincolnshire, Lake Zurich, Kildeer, Buffalo Grove, Indian Creek, and drains from portions of the townships of Fremont, Ela, Vernon, and Libertyville.
The Indian Creek Watershed Project first began grassroots stakeholder (meaning involving those living or working in the watershed) planning for the Indian Creek subwatershed in the spring of 1999. The volunteer planning was undertaken with the guidance of Conservation 2000's WI-IL Upper Des Plaines Ecosystem Partnership, the USDA/IDNR's Resource Planning and moved forward with technical support from watershed planners at the Lake County Stormwater Management Commission (SMC).
Public planning meetings were held from 1999 to 2010 to inform stakeholders about water quality and area resources, to promote grassroots planning and support for watershed improvements. Several watershed assessments have been completed because of the strong stakeholder and agency support: lakes assessment, a sub-basin wide stream inventory, Riverwatch data collection, Critical Trends Assessments and a state recognized Watershed Implementation Plan. We have been the catalyst for watershed grants received from the Lake County Stormwater Management's Watershed Management Board (WMB) and the IEPA Clean Water Act 319 grants. By networking with area governmental bodies and agencies, opportunities and needs within the watershed were identified and projects completed.

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