| The Nippersink
Creek Watershed is . . . . |
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Located in northeastern Illinois and southern Wisconsin
► The largest
tributary to the Fox River, draining 137 square miles in
Illinois and about 50 square miles in Wisconsin.
► Among the finest of
Illinois streams. Surveys for the presence of
pollution-sensitive fish found that the Mainstem rates
as a ‘B’ quality stream and the North Branch received a
‘Class A’ ranking.
► Home to at least 21
animals and 30 plants listed as Illinois endangered or
threatened species.
► Contains 46 McHenry
County Natural Area Inventory Sitesquality upland,
wetland and reaches of stream which are remnants of the
region’s original natural diversity.
► Offers one of the
best river trails for canoeing and kayaking in NE
Illinois. |
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| The Nippersink Creek
Watershed Collaboration Group (NCWCG) |
The Nippersink Creek Watershed Planning
Committee was created to prepare the 1998 Nippersink
Creek Watershed Plan.
The Nippersink Creek Watershed Collaboration Group
(NCWCG), with full support from the Nippersink Creek
Watershed Planning Committee, is a working group of
local and regional agencies and organizations in the
Nippersink Creek watershed.
Click Here for a listing of our partners.
As an advocate for Nippersink Creek, members of the
NCWCG work together to foster and develop the Nippersink
Creek watershed community to protect and enhance the
high quality natural resources of the watershed.
For more information or to get
involved, please email us at:
info@nippersink.org |
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