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COUNTY e r National GAYLORD SCHOOLS Fletcher GREATER Indicates the name for a watershed that Marine Sanctuary includes recognized subwatersheds. Pond Devils River Coastal Watersheds eek Cr Along the coast, in-between the major McCormick olf river watersheds, are areas of land with W OTSEGO Lake r SANBORN e many small streams that drain directly iv OSSINEKE COUNTY R SCHOOL R into a Great Lake. These coastal streams LEWISTON y s

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r t h S Hubbard r B e Watershed Boundaries: The watershed boundaries r p a p Lake r n shown on this map are those used by the Michigan e c U v h i Department of Environmental Quality. R A AU SABLE e l u b ALCONA

Rivers: Major rivers and selected lakes are included a S OSCODA r S a e v in this map to illustrate the general pattern of u i bl COUNTY e R A COUNTY

drainage for each watershed. Many smaller streams R h iv k c e c and lakes are not shown due to limited space. n r a a l r B Sturgeon Point Lighthouse t B as Map Projection: Albers Equal-Area Conic E Coordinate System: North American Datum 1983 Mio Dam LINCOLN Data Sources: Michigan Geographic Data Library, Pond ALCONA Institute for Fisheries Research Great Lakes GIS, ESRI. Au Sable River COMMUNITY

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GRAYLING e v MIO i (OSCODA) R Alcona le b Dam Pond a S WHAT IS A CRAWFORD u A Pin ch e R COUNTY n iv ra e WATERSHED? th B G r Sou R E A T E R L E In simple terms, a watershed is a precipita- A U S A B tion collector. It is a geographic area of land Five Channels Van Etten that drains surface water to a common point Dam Pond Cooke Lake in the landscape. Watersheds catch rain and Dam Pond snow and channel the water into streams OSCODA that gradually flow downhill; small streams feed into bigger streams and rivers, OGEMAW Foote COUNTY forming a network similar to a circulatory system. Watershed boundaries are Dam Pond OSCODA AREA Van Ettan Creek determined by the high points of the land, called drainage divides. Lumberman’s E. BRANCH Monument SCHOOLS Old Au Sable River All of Northeast Michigan’s waterways eventually flow into the Great Lakes. Sage This means that what we do within our watersheds will impact the health of Lake AU GRES IOSCO the Great Lakes. This map allows you to trace the path of water flow from G COUNTY the upper, headwater areas of a watershed through streams, lakes and rivers. Lake R Saint Helen E

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Initiative and the NOAA Great Lakes B-WET Program, students in the region U G Tawas Point Lighthouse r es are engaged in hands-on watershed stewardship projects that enhance both R iv their learning and the communities in which they live. Each school represented G er on this map is committed to participation in meaningful watershed education R AU GRES i R f l e projects such as water quality monitoring of rivers and streams, adopting local R

i E beaches, combating invasive species, and interpreting Lake Huron maritime v e r

history – all to benefit the watersheds of northeast Michigan and in turn the S Great Lakes Basin. ARENAC COUNTY AU GRES-SIMS CITY OF ALPENA DETAIL SCHOOLS AU GRES

23 4-Mile Dam Y BESSER A ELEMENTARY B

Alpena Wildlife Sanctuary Duck Park W A 9th Avenue Dam N Island Mill Park LINCOLN (Rotary Island) ELEMENTARY I Thunder Bay Outdoor G Education Site BINGHAM A ARTS ACADEMY Bay View Park ATLANTIC THUNDER BAY S OCEAN JUNIOR HIGH ALPENA Thomson Park HIGH SCHOOL Blair Street Park Starlite Beacon Mich-e-ke-wis Park

The Michigan Sea Grant College Program produced this map in collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Michigan Sea Grant is a cooperative effort of the University of Michigan and Michigan State University and is part of the NOAA National Sea Grant network of more than 30 university-based programs. www.miseagrant.umich.edu

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