Forum on Flooding and Water Quality
For a summary of the November, 2009 forum click here.
To get a list of attendees and contact information click here.
Click here for some of the questions asked at the forum.
High Levels of Blue-Green Algae in Area Lakes
Ten lakes in Kosciusko and Whitley Counties were randomly selected for testing the first week of September 2009 for blue-green algae and the algal toxin Microcystin. For more information select this.
The Tippecanoe Watershed Foundation (TWF) focuses on the Upper Tippecanoe River Basin Watershed which encompasses 113.8 square miles, covering portions of three counties: Kosciusko, Whitley and Noble. This is part of the larger Tippecanoe River Watershed that encompasses 14 counties and is over 1 million acres. The primary land use in this area is agricultural 69.8%, forested 17.8%, urban 0.6%, wetlands 6.8%, open water 4.3%, and other 0.6%. The Upper Tippy watershed contains over 50 lakes (greater than 1 acre) that are connected via the Tippecanoe River.
The Upper Tippy Watershed....
The Miami and Shawnee Indians named the Tippecanoe River Kithtippecanunk, or "place of the buffalo fish," which still can be found in the river. Its clear waters and wooded shores provide rich habitat for the abundance of fish, mussels and wildlife that live here.
Very few streams in the upper Midwest can match the number of imperiled species or the overall species diversity that the Tippecanoe River supports. Because of this, the Nature Conservancy considers Tippecanoe one of the top 10 rivers in America to preserve. Yet despite its relatively pristine past, increased sediment is deteriorating the river's clarity, negatively affecting its plant and animal life.
The Tippecanoe Watershed Foundation is a group of property owners and visitors throughout the Upper Tippy watershed that work to coordinate efforts to sustain the lakes and streams as we know them.
For current and historical water levels on the Tippecanoe River using the usgs guages
at North Webster click here,
at Oswego click here.
Keep currrent on Tippecanoe Watershed activities and issues
We will attempt to keep you as current as possible with this website. It will complement the newsletter which
we publish several times/year.
We will also have monthly meetings at the North Webster Community Center on the first Saturday of the month starting in January 2009 thru November 2009.
TWF Contact Information
To contact TWF we are providing a phone #, mail address and a 'contact us' email for your convenience.
Phone: 574-834-3242
Tippecanoe Watershed Foundation, Inc.
301 North Main St.
P. O. Box 55
North Webster , IN 46555
North Webster, IN
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