Monitor Baseline Survey
Biological, Chemical and physical baseline survey
Partnership Project
Lakeshore Natural Resources Partnership (LNRP) is sponsoring a project to support Friends of the Manitowoc River Watershed as the group continues to build appreciation for and stewardship for the Manitowoc River and near shore Lake Michigan ecosystems. Project final deliverables include: all data collected, agendas and minutes for planning meetings, presentations, newsletters and educational materials provided to the public. Specific project activities include: 1) Hold a Manitowoc River Cleanup event; 2) Conducting a Project RED event on the Manitowoc River; 3) Hosting three River Paddle educational events; 4) AIS Snap Shot Day mapping event along the Manitowoc and Little Manitowoc Rivers; 5) Hosting educational seminars; 6) Hosting two Lake Michigan Beach clean-up events; 7) Support the B-Wet Watershed Experiences educational curriculum.
Partnership Project
Lakeshore Natural Resources Partnership (LNRP) is sponsoring a project to support Friends of the Manitowoc River Watershed as the group continues to build appreciation for and stewardship for the Manitowoc River. Project final deliverables include: all data collected, agendas and minutes for planning meetings, presentations, newsletters and educational materials provided to the public. Specific project activities include: 1) Providing care for Lower Schutte Park including monthly State of the Park reports and installation of Porta-potties; 2) Hold a Manitowoc River Clean-up event; 3) Conducting a Project RED event on the Manitowoc River; 4) Hosting a Subfest River Paddle educational event; 5) Mapping invasive species in the Manitowoc and Little Manitowoc Rivers utilizing the AIS bridge Snapshot day protocols; 6) Hosting educational seminars; 7) Hosting Lake Michigan Beach clean-up events; 8) Hosting Watershed Ambassador Camp.
Partnership Project
Lakeshore Natural Resources Partnership (LNRP) is sponsoring a project to support Friends of the Manitowoc River Watershed as the group continues to build appreciation for and stewardship for the Manitowoc River. Project final deliverables include: all data collected, agendas and minutes for planning meetings, presentations, newsletters and educational materials provided to the public. Specific project activities include: 1) Providing care for Lower Schutte Park; 2) Facilitating funding and design of a new kayak launch at the park; 3) Hosting river clean-up event; 4) Conducting a Project RED event; 5) Hosting a Subfest River Paddle event; 6) Mapping invasive species in the Manitowoc and Little Manitowoc Rivers utilizing the AIS bridge Snapshot day protocols; 7) Hosting educational seminars; 8) Hosting Lake Michigan Beach clean-up events; 9) Hosting Watershed Ambassador Camp.
Partnership Project
Lakeshore Natural Resources Partnership (LNRP) proposes to continue to build capacity for educating the community about issues impacting the Lower Manitowoc River Watershed by 1) holding three seminars and one week long Watershed Ambassador Camp, 2) holding two Lake Michigan Beach and one Manitowoc River cleanup events, 3) write a state of Lower Schuette Park report, 4) hold at least one river paddle and one Project RED event, 5) map locations of invasive species and develop plans for removal, and 6) release at least six newspaper articles, along with fliers and other forms of advertising and outreach for all events. LNRP will submit a final report summarizing the project to the Department.
Partnership Project
Lakeshore Natural Resources Partnership proposes to continue to build capacity and implement the work plan for the Friends of the Manitowoc River Watershed. Specifically, Lakeshore Natural Resources Partnership will conduct a membership drive, host seminars, workshops, and river events. River events will include river clean-ups, interpretative paddles on the river, Watershed Ambassador Summer Camp, and Project RED training and implementation.
Partnership Project
The Lakeshore Natural Resources Partnership, Inc. will build the capacity and membership of the newly forming citizen group calling themselves the Friends of the Manitowoc River Watershed. Specifically, Lakeshore Natural Resources Partnership will develop and implement a membership drive utilizing WaterGrass software, host three water seminars, host at least six explore and restore river events, and conduct outreach by preparing newsletters and newspaper article releases.
Partnership Project
The Lakeshore Natural Resources Partnership, Inc. proposed to supplement and build on previous work by partners to raise public awareness and participation in water stewardship. Specifically, Lakeshore Natural Resources Partnership will focus on building the capacity and membership of the Friends of the Branch River, Friends of the Pine Creek, and Friends of Hika Bay and Centerville Creek groups. Activities for each group includes a water seminar, an explore and restore river event, and a paint-out event with the Water's Edge Artists, and several newsletters and newspaper articles releases. The overall project goals are to enhance the watershed stewardship groups existing within the project area by building their capacity to reach and engage local citizens and officials, provide citizens and officials with opportunities to participate in protecting and restoring the rivers, and raise citizens' and officials' awareness and understanding of the threats to rivers in the project area.
Partnership Project
The Lakeshore Natural Resources Partnership, Inc. proposes to supplement and build on previous work by partners to raise public awareness and participation in water stewardship. Specifically, Lakeshore Natural Resources Partnership will focus on building the capacity and membership of the Friends of the Branch River and the Friends of the Pine River groups. Activities for each group includes a water seminar and membership banquet, an explore and restore river event that includes litter clean-up, a paint-out event with the Water's Edge Artists, and a fall and spring newsletter. The overall project goals are to enhance the watershed stewardship groups existing within the project area by building their capacity to reach and engage local citizens and officials, provide citizens and officials with opportunities to participate in protecting and restoring the rivers, and raise citizens' and officials' awareness and understanding of the threats to rivers in the project area.
Citizen-Based Stream Monitoring
The City of Manitowoc in cooperation with the Wisconsin Maritime Museum proposes to establish a Manitowoc River Watershed citizen stewardship volunteer group. The Museum will host two stream monitoring workshops to train interested volunteers, coordinate youth educational activities including storm drain stenciling, host three watershed educational programs, and develop growth and sustainability of the group and its programs by developing a fund-raising strategy.
Navigability Determination
SW SE S24 T20N R19E; North Branch Manitowoc River, trib;
TMDL Monitoring
TMDL Development
Monitoring to develop TMDL
Sewer Service Area Planning
Section 208 of the Clean Water Act requires local agencies, designated by the Governor, or the State Water Quality Agency (in Wisconsin, the Department of Natural Resources herein referred to as WDNR), to prepare Areawide Water Quality Management Plans.
Nine Key Element Plan
Lower Manitowoc River PWS Plan - Nine Key Element Plan - The Lower Manitowoc River Priority Watershed Project plan assesses the nonpoint sources of pollution in the Lower Manitowoc River Watershed and guides the implementation of nonpoint source control measures. These control measures are needed to meet specific water resource objectives for the Lower Manitowoc River and its tributaries. The purpose of this project is to reduce the amount of pollutants originating from nonpoint sources that reach surface water and groundwater within the Lower Manitowoc River Priority Watershed Project area.