Local Government Memberships

Government Memberships are the best way for communities to get involved in the stewardship of the watershed. 

For more than 50 years, Clinton River Watershed Council has provided education, stewardship, restoration, and community engagement opportunities to residents, local municipalities, counties, and partners to fulfill CRWC’s mission of protecting, enhancing, and celebrating the Clinton River, its watershed, and Lake St. Clair.  

Through longstanding programs like Adopt-A-Stream, StreamLeaders, and Keeping-It-Clean and environmental planning, ecological, and environmental policy expertise, CRWC provides a unique set of services to communities and counties within the watershed through Local Government Memberships. Check out a map of Stream Leaders, Adopt-A-Stream sites, and restoration projects here. 

Through CRWC’s Local Government Membership, communities, and counties also become eligible for participation in CRWC’s Stormwater Public Education Program, which provides the Public Education requirements for NPDES MS4 permitting. 

More information on government memberships is included in the Government Member Factsheet or is available directly from CRWC.  

Please contact jennifer@crwc.org for details. We would love to hear from you! Share feedback with CRWC about the Government Membership by clicking the button below. 

SERVICES & PERKS

• Access to Stormwater Public Education Program (additional contract fee). More details are available here.

• Access to CRWC’s Fee for Service menu

• Clinton River Public Advisory Council (PAC) administration and water quality monitoring to support the Clinton River Area of Concern (AOC)

• WaterTowns Program - providing placemaking, green infrastructure and blue economy support for communities including access to project grants

• Watershed Management Planning

• Clinton River Water Trail management (signage, safety messaging, maps, access, and stakeholder engagement) and Lake St. Clair Water Trail educational resources

• Bi-annual watershed-wide water quality monitoring through Adopt-A-Stream Program, including maintaining long-term water quality records and keeping communities up to date on water quality trends throughout the watershed

• Keeping-It-Clean Programming, including Clinton Clean Up, and Weekly Cleans occurring April through November

ELIGIBILITY:

CRWC defines its service area as municipalities and counties located fully or partially within the Clinton River watershed and the Lake St. Clair shoreline watershed, including the Lake St. Clair and Anchor Bay drainage districts. The eligible service area is defined as the land area within the Clinton River watershed and/or the Lake St. Clair shoreline watershed.

POPULATION WITHIN THE WATERSHED:

Local Government Membership dues are based on population. CRWC will continue to utilize the US population as established in the most recent US census (2020). For communities that do not fall fully within CRWC’s service area, the population within the watershed is calculated by applying the percentage of eligible service area to the total population to determine the population within the service area.