The mission of the Johnson Creek Protection Group is to preserve, protect, restore and

enhance the water quality, habitat and function of this cold water stream and its watershed.

Rouge River Watershed

· The Watershed is 466 Square Miles

· The Main Branches (Main, Upper, Middle, Lower) total 126 Miles Long

· Includes 48 Communities and 3 Counties

· Final Destination-The Detroit River

Johnson Creek Watershed

· The Only Coldwater Creek in the Rouge River Watershed

· The Main Branch totals 12.1 Miles Long

· Includes 4 Communities and 3 Counties

· Hosts a Thriving Brown Trout Population
Text Box: A watershed describes the area of land that drains to the lowest point. The water moves through a network of drainage pathways, both underground and on the surface and these pathways, converge into streams and rivers, which become progressively larger as the water moves on downstream. John Wesley Powell, scientist geographer, put it best when he said that a watershed is: “that area of land, a bounded hydrologic system, within which all living things are inextricably linked by their common water course and where, as humans settled, simple logic demanded that they become part of a community.” Watersheds come in all shapes and sizes. They cross county, state, and national boundaries. No matter where you are, you’re in a watershed!

What is a Watershed?

Great Lakes Watershed