We have plans! 

• Watershed Management - Whole watershed plan focused on polluted runoff reduction and prevention- NEW!
  
• Area of Concern Remedial Action
  
• Contamination Cleanup
• Subwatershed Polluted Runoff Reduction and Prevention
• Fisheries
  

• Text (3MB)
  
• Additional materials (5MB)
  

• Davis Creek, 2011 (waiting for revised final version)
  

Area of Concern Remedial Action Plan

• The Kalamazoo River Watershed Area of Concern (AOC) will no longer be considered an Area of Concern once listed problems (beneficial use impairments) are addressed.  Impairments will be removed from the list over time depending on current status and future contamination cleanup and restoration processes.  To review the history of the AOC program see the Remedial Action Plan  from 1998, reprinted in 2000.  The remedial action plan was an early ecosystem/watershed management plan developed as a guide to fix and remove impairments and eventually delist the Kalamazoo River Watershed Area of Concern, a Great Lakes "Toxic Hotspot".  Broad critical actions identified in this plan are being taken by the watershed community.  Many plans followed the remedial action plan and identified subwatershed and site specific actions needed to cleanup and prevent pollution.
• Beneficial use impairment activities:
  
• Beach Closings- An impairment removal request is under consideration by the USEPA.
  
• Dredging- the MDEQ is investigating the status of this impairment at Areas of Concern across the State of Michigan.
  
• Aesthetics- the MDEQ is investigating the status of this impairment at Areas of Concern across the State of Michigan.
• Bird and Animal Deformities - the MDEQ is investigating the status of this impairment at Areas of Concern across the State of Michigan.
• Fish and Wildlife Habitat and Populations- plan approved by MDEQ
  

Superfund - federal lead, removing polychlorinated biphenyl contaminated materials from the river environment

1. Natural Resource Damage Assessment - a parallel process, trustees perspective
   
2. MDEQ - state perspective
3. Responsible parties website and perspective

 Enbridge Oil Spill - see homepage links

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Subwatershed nonpoint and stormwater efforts

Phosphorus reduction efforts

Municipal outreach

• Battle Creek Clean Water Partners
  

• Kalamazoo 

 Fisheries

 Kalamazoo River Assessment. 2005. Special Report #35.  Michigan Department of Natural Resources.