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    Upper east branch Pecatonica River watershed (SP06)

    The Upper East Branch Pecatonica River watershed lies in eastern Iowa County and a very small portion of western Dane County. The dominant land use is agricultural. Five municipal wastewater permittees discharge to surface water in the watershed:…

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    Gordon Creek watershed (SP05)

    The Gordon Creek watershed, in southwestern Dane, northwestern Green and southeastern Iowa counties, is an agricultural watershed in the Driftless Area of the state, with no incorporated areas in it. Polluted runoff problems exist in the watershed,…

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    Yellowstone River watershed (SP04)

    The Yellowstone River watershed is in northeastern Lafayette County and southern Iowa County. The watershed's land use is dominated by agriculture. A significant portion of publicly owned land exists in the watershed: About 800 acres in Yellowstone…

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    Lower east branch Pecatonica River (SP03)

    The Lower east branch Pecatonica River watershed, in the western part of Green County and northeastern Lafayette County, is a priority watershed project under the Wisconsin Nonpoint Source Water Pollution Abatement Program. A number of smaller trout…

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    Jordan and Skinner creeks (SP02)

    The Jordan and Skinner creeks watershed is located in southwest Green County. Agriculture is the dominant land use in the Jordan and Skinner creeks watershed. The only surface water permitted point source discharger is the community of…

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    Honey and Richland creeks watershed (SP01)

    The information on this site is from the 1995 Sugar Pecatonica basin plan. The Honey and Richland Creeks watershed in south-central Green County is primarily agricultural. Basin assessment monitoring of some of the streams in the watershed…

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    Grant-Platte/Sugar-Pecatonica Basin Management

    The Grant-Platte/Sugar-Pecatonica basin is actually two basins clumped together for the purposes of planning for and managing the resources. Water quality in the Grant-Platte/Sugar-Pecatonica basin is generally fair to good. The primary water…

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    Mississippi River - Pool 7

    The Black River discharges into Pool 7 of the Mississippi River. Within the Wisconsin DNR, the Mississippi - Lower St. Croix Team addresses river issues. Three federal agencies also conduct management and monitoring activities in the river: U.S.…

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    Black River

    The Black River begins at the outlet of Black Lake in Taylor County. It flows nearly 200 miles until reaching the Mississippi River. The Black River descends from its headwaters to the dam at Black River Falls an average of 6.6 feet/mile. Below the…

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    The Black River Basin

    The Black River basin encompasses approximately 2,400 square miles, contains 13 watersheds and includes portions of seven counties. Two distinct topographic regions determine the flow characteristics of the tributary streams. The upper and middle…

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