The Nippersink Creek Watershed is . . . .
►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.
 
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
Your Watershed is Nippersink brochure in pdf Nippersink Creek - Opportunities for Enhancement publication  in pdf, 7 pages
Watershed map in pdf Map showing the 14 subwatersheds

Nippersink Creek Watershed Planning Committee   
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