Watershed Planning

Woodford, Peoria, and Tazewell Counties all share a tremendous natural resource, the Illinois River. Our section of the Illinois River, known as the Peoria Lakes, has been quickly filling with sediment from local tributaries and their watersheds. As our native habitats are converted to farmland and urbanized areas, stormwater that was once soaked up by native vegetation now runs off into our streams at alarming rates causing sheet, gully, and streambank erosion. TCRPC has been actively working with community members from various sub-watersheds throughout the tri-county area to develop plans unique to each community to address the issues of water quality and erosion.

See www.peorialakeswatersheds.com to explore these watersheds and to see what you can do to save Peoria Lakes. 

Local Watershed Plans

For copies of the watershed plans, please contact Melissa Eaton  at 309/673-9796 x 232.

Partridge Creek Watershed Plan

The mission of the Partridge Creek Watershed Planning Committee is to develop and encourage the funding and implementation of a long-range watershed management plan among landowners, governmental agencies, public officials, concerned citizens and other appropriate groups.  The objectives of the Partridge Creek Watershed Plan are to: reduce soil erosion and sedimentation, improve water quality, preserve natural habitats, protect farmland, and encourage watershed stewardship.

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Mossville Bluffs Watershed Plan

 This watershed restoration plan is a study to uncover the primary factors that cause the Mossville Bluffs Watershed to contribute sediment to Peoria Lake, identify actions that may reduce sedimentation, and propose tools for preventing sedimentation in future development projects.

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Oakbrook Ravine Restoration Concept Plan

In 2004, the Oakbrook Homeowners Association requested that the Natural
Resources and Your Development Taskforce create a ravine restoration concept plan for the subdivision. Many homeowners were concerned about the erosion occurring along the ravines and wished to stabilize the system. The Taskforce created a comprehensive, watershed based mitigation plan that addresses stormwater runoff from all properties within the subdivision including those not directly connected to ravines.

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Ackerman Creek Watershed Plan

The Ackerman Creek Watershed Planning Committee, consisting of concerned citizens, farmers, elected officials, homeowners, and natural resource professionals, aims to develop and promote the implementation of a flexible Ackerman Creek Watershed Plan that will protect natural resources, minimize erosion for improved water quality, enhance the quality of life for ourselves and future generations, and promote a balance between economic and environmental sustainability.

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Farm Creek Watershed Plan

The mission of the Farm Creek Planning Committee is to develop a Watershed Implementation Plan intended to preserve and enhance the natural resources present in the Farm Creek watershed through good management practices, education and voluntary landowner cooperation while respecting property owner rights.

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Tenmile Creek Watershed Plan 

The mission of the Tenmile Creek Watershed Planning Committee is to develop and promote, through education, the implementation of the Tenmile Creek Watershed Management Plan.  We seek to reduce erosion and sediment load to the Illinois River protect natural resources in the watershed, and identify funding sources for implementation.

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