Installing Watershed Awareness signs
The Upper Grand River Implementation Project or UGRIP is designed to reduce erosion and sedimentation in key areas of the Upper Grand River Watershed. The project began in response to a 2003 Watershed Management Plan which identified sub-basins, including the Huntoon Creek Sub-basin in southern Ingham County, where water quality problems persist due to excessive off-field soil loss, nitrate/nitrite pollution, loss of wetlands and lack of sufficient vegetative buffer zones along its waterways.
The project is funded by a Section 319 Non-Point Source Grant from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. Over 20 different partners, including the Ingham Conservation District, have contributed to this project since it began in 2006.
The UGRIP has succeded in educating residents about water quality issues and has worked with landowners and local governments to plan and implement Best Management Practices to protect water quality and promote sustainable land use.
You can learn more about this important watershed and how you can get involved by visiting the Upper Grand River Alliance website UGRIP.
