Stormwater Management & Watershed Plans
- Reduce flooding and mitigate flood damage
- Improve water quality
- Promote best practices for land development
- Develop organizational and regulatory framework
- Conduct public education and outreach

To date, the efforts have helped raise over $1 million in grants from the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA). The $500k Upper Silver Creek grant and $450k Silver Lake grant are being expended to address issues in their respective watersheds. Another $200k will go to fund the Wood River Creek and Piasa Creek watersheds. In addition, the U.S. Corps of Engineers (USACE) has partnered in the efforts by providing in-kind support by completing comprehensive studies of the natural drainage system within each watershed.
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Wood River Watershed Plan |
Piasa Creek Watershed Plan |
Executive Summary -Wood River Watershed Plan
Update: 2/7/2022
Executive Summary - Piasa Creek Watershed Plan
Update: 2/7/2022
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Canteen-Cahokia Creek Watershed Plan |
Indian-Cahokia Creek Watershed Plan |
Upper Silver Creek Watershed Plan |
Executive Summary - Canteen-Cahokia Creek Watershed Plan
Update: 3/2/2020
Executive Summary - Indian-Cahokia Creek Watershed Plan
Update: 3/2/2020
Article
Illinois EPA awards nearly $954,000 to HeartLands Conservancy for water quality protection within the Canteen Creek-Cahokia Creek Watershed
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director John J. Kim announced HeartLands Conservancy will receive nearly $954,000 in grant funding to provide technical and financial assistance to rural and urban landowners to voluntarily implement the locally developed Canteen Creek-Cahokia Creek Watershed Plan.
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Grant Program
Canteen-Cahokia Creek Watershed 319 Cost Share Program
The goal of this program is to improve water quality in the Canteen-Cahokia Creek watershed by facilitating the voluntary implementation of highly effective Best Management Practices (BMPs). Approved projects will be eligible for reimbursement of up to 50% of the total project cost, while the applicant will be responsible for at least 50%.
If you are interested in participating in the program, please fill out an application form.
More information can be found here.
Updated: 3/2/2020