Clinton River Watershed Report Card

Watershed report cards are powerful tools to describe ecosystem status, increase public awareness, and inform and influence decision makers to improve the health of a watershed. This is the first Clinton River Watershed Report Card. It is the collective effort of dozens of stakeholders throughout the Clinton River watershed. Indicators in the report card were selected to assess the health of six different values in the watershed: Water, Economy, Ecosystem, Human Health, Infrastructure, and Recreation. Overall, the Clinton River watershed earned a score of 51%, a C.

Keywords: Report Card, watershed, Michigan, water, river, economy, human health, infrastructure, recreation, ecosystem