Thornapple River Watershed Council

Upcoming Events

Quick Links

• Get Involved with TRWC

• Thornapple River Watershed Management Plan (2016)

• Find my Watershed

Water Quality

• Current Monitoring - MiCorps Stream Monitoring, Salt & Nitrate Watch

• Beachguard: Public Beach Closing and Advisories

• USGS River Gauge - Hastings

• USGS River Gauge - Caledonia

• NOAA River Gauge - Caledonia

• Cascade & Ada Dam Water Levels

• Cascade Dam

• PFAS Sites

Other Areas of Interest:

Grand River

• Lower Reach River Reconstruction - Public Input

• Grand Rapids WhiteWater - Restore the Rapids in the Grand River

• Lower Grand River Organization of Watersheds Grand River Water Trail

Parks

• Barry County Parks

• Kent County Parks

Contact Us

Watershed Facts

• The Thornapple River Watershed (TRW) is the largest subbasin of the Lower Grand River Watershed (lgrow.org)

• ~100 miles of river

• 876 square miles of watershed draining to river

• 742 miles of streams

• 227 lakes, 7,844 acres of water!

• Runs through Barry, Eaton, and Kent counties

• Drains into the Grand River then to Lake Michigan

Watershed land use:

• 52.1% Agricultural

• 25.8% Forested

• 12.9% Other non-production vegetation

• 3.3% Paved road or airport

• 2.1% Low to high density urban

• 1.5% Water

• 1.5% Wetland

Council Team Leaders

• Renee Vanhouten, Board Chair - email

• Fred Steketee

• Wally Bujak

• Jim Williamson

• Sally Seeley

• Ryan Seeley

• Rachel Frantz

• Sherrill Gardiner

Volunteer positions open throughout the watershed!

Past Meeting Minutes