The Winnebago County Watershed Improvement Plan Steering Committee (WCWIPSC) is a consortium of municipalities in the Buckbee Creek watershed, resource agency professionals, environmental advocates and local residents that established itself in April 2010 to guide the development of strategies to protect and restore Buckbee Creek and its tributaries.  The origins of the WCWIPSC occurred following a meeting on April 27, 2010, of interested parties invited to discuss storm water issues in the drainage basins encompassing Buckbee Creek.  Approximately two dozen people attended the meeting including the Winnebago County Board Chairman and Board members, the County Engineer and Highway Department staff members and representatives of the Village of Cherry Valley, Cherry Valley Township, City of Rockford, Rockford Township, The Illinois Department of Natural Resources, the Upper Rock River Ecosystem Partnership, Rockford Metropolitan Agency for Planning and the Winnebago County Soil and Water Conservation District.  After a discussion of water quality and stormwater problems and the need to coordinate the studies and planning required to implement solutions to the problems, the County Board Chaiarman agreed that the Winnebago County Highway Department would be the lead agency responsible for taking steps to formally organize the WCWIPSC.

Public Workshop
minutes - 9/1/11

City of Rockford - Water Quality Program

Madigan Creek Workshop
 

4833 Owen Center Rd.
Rockford, IL  61101
(815) 965-2392 x3             FAX (815) 965-2447

The District is a locally operated unit of government functioning under Illinois law, to promote protection, maintenance, improvement and
wise use of the soil, water and related resources.