Black Creek Watershed Coalition - At a "Caring
for Creek" Symposium in the spring of 2000, participants
who live and work in the Black Creek watershed identified problems
in the watershed, resources that should be preserved and persons,
agencies and organizations that should be involved in preparation
of a watershed plan. An inter-municipal Black Creek Watershed
Coalition was formed to work cooperatively in overseeing the development
of the Black Creek Watershed Plan. The Plan will be designed to
protect the water quality of Black Creek. The watershed includes
Genesee, Monroe, Orleans, and Wyoming Counties. The Coalition
is moving forward with the development of a State of the Basin
Report. A team of consultants was selected to write the State
of the Basin Report - they are from the State University of New
York - College at Brockport - James Zollweg, Ph.D. (Water Resources
and GIS Primary Contact), Mark Noll, Ph.D. (Groundwater and Water
Quality), and Whitney Autin, Ph.D. (Soils, Resource Mapping, Environmental
Analysis). This State of the Basin Report will comprise an evaluation
of the Black Creek watershed. The objectives of this report are
to:
1) Characterize the watershed with regards to its unique features,
such as its geographical setting and physical or cultural characteristics
including topography, geology, vegetation, wildlife, land uses,
water quality, and hydrology,
2) Identify resources of value within the watershed,
3) Analyze current water quality and quantity conditions, problems
and threats relevant to land use impacts and identify critical
issues. It is intended that this State of the Basin Report be
followed by a watershed plan that will propose methods for improving
water quality and flooding conditions in the watershed and to
ensure its long-term health and the sustainability of its resources.
For current information on this project visit the website at:
The Black Creek Watershed web
site is being hosted by Genesee Gateway Rochester Free-Net, Inc.
We want to thank Genesee Gateway Rochester Free-Net,
Inc. for providing this valuable service.
