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After
the proposal for creating the plan was funded by the Michigan
Department of Environmental Quality, a four-phase process was
established:
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| Phase One: Prepare Vision Statement and Determine Goals |
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In the summer and fall of
2006, the Michigan Tech Center for Water and Society held six public
advisory meetings in which interested citizens first created a vision
statement and then, in subsequent
meetings, applied it to the
watershed.
Each meeting focused on a
different sections of the stream: Portage Waterway to Canal
Road;
Canal Road to Sharon
Ave.;
Sharon Ave. to Frog
Pool;
Frog Pool to the former Huron
Lake; and the
former Huron Lake to the creek headwaters
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Additional presentations made during these meetings included presentations on stormwater management by Ron Cavallaro (Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc./Hitch Engineering) and Jeff Moyle on Moyle, Inc. development plans. |
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| Phase Two: Develop Recommended Actions |
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In the spring of 2007, the goal is to address each of the tasks listed above at the level of detail appropriate for a Watershed Management Plan, including ways to monitor progress and potentially fund specific actions. In this phase, the Michgian Tech Center for Water and Society and interested community members are being assisted by students from two Michigan Tech classes: Alex Mayer's 2007 Civil-Environmental Senior Design course and Hugh Gorman's 2007 Environmental Decision Making course. The recommended actions described on this website are the main outcome of this phase. |
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| Phase Three: Preparing the Plan |
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From
summer 2007 to summer 2008, the Michigan Tech Center for Water and Society
will prepare the final watershed
management plan. Linda
Kersten will be the lead writer.
| Phase Four: Implementation |
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Implementation of the
recommended actions will take place in subsequent years, with the goal
being--with the
assistance of the community--to secure funding and
to implement the recommended actions.