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Contact Information:
Black Creek Watershed Coalition;
c/o George Squires
P.O. Box 13
Byron, NY 14422-0013

Tel: (585) 548-9079
Email: soilsquire@rochester.rr.com

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top Top       Black Creek Watershed Meetings:

pushpin Meeting time is 5:30 PM.
pushpin Meeting location will be announced in each month's agenda
pushpin Download PDF of meetings

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diamond February 27, 2020
diamond March 26 2020
diamond Unknown - George will contact group via email. Get on mailing list by emailing George - his email is listed at the top of the page.

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diamond   (1/27/2018) Presentation: Municipal Workshop, October 2017, for all municipalities in the Black and Oatka Creek watersheds.

diamond Article: Black Creek designated an Inland Waterway

diamond Watershed Management Plan

diamond The Monroe County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) & the Town of Chili stabilize eroding streambank on Black Creek off of Old Scottsville Chili Road. The project was funded by a grant from the Great Lakes Basin Program for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control. Read more....

diamond See Black Creek in the news! Recent article added to list of articles listed news.

diamond What is a watershed? Many people have no idea. Watch this video and find out. Here's another video of interest: Riparian Buffers to Prevent Water Pollution

diamond Click here for Genesee/Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council's Black/ Oatka Creek Municipal Law Review, completed by G/FLRPC in 2006 as part of the "Controlling Sediment in Black and Oatka Creek Watersheds" project. The report is being updated as part of the current watershed management planning process.

...Power Point Presentations
Streambank - Monroe County (18.5 MB)
Streambank - Wyoming County (41.8 MB)
SUNY Brockport Water Quality (9.9 MB)
Trout Fishing (17.6 MB)
Genesee Finger Lakes Watershed Planning (0.5 MB)


Map Guide
View Map (1.6 MB)
View Text (1.4 MB)




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top Top       Brochures/Newsletters/In the News
For more 'brochures', 'newsletters', and 'Black Creek in the News' see links to left

Land Care and Pest Management Practices November 2012
Black Creek Watershed Newsletter July 2008
Watershed Care Brochure 2008
Article in Gates-Chili Post, May 29, 2008
Black Creek Watershed Information Card

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You can also check out the web pages individually by category.  If you come across errors or have additional information to add to a point's web page please contact George Squires at the address listed at the top of this page. Click here to go to the online mapping page.

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