Cool Bean Creek Sign ~ Hudson, Michigan
The Bean is unique in southern Michigan with several excellent coldwater tributaries. It also has history of water quality problems in several stream stretches, including erosion and sedimentation, pathogen contamination from failed septic systems, and bacterial contamination from intensive livestock operations. For administration of grant projects, the Coalition is affiliated with the non-profit Community Action Agency of Hillsdale, Lenawee, and Jackson Counties.
Bean Creek has its headwaters near Devil's Lake in lower Michigan. The stream flows south through Michigan to the Tiffin River in Ohio, which joins the Maumee River, entering Lake Erie at Toledo, Ohio. The Bean Creek Watershed in Michigan (sometimes called the Upper Tiffin) includes three small towns, Addison in the north, Hudson halfway downstream, and Morenci at the Ohio border.
The Bean's main tributaries are Branch Creek, St. Joseph Creek, an excellent-quality stream in its headwaters, with numerous mussel species (see short videos of the St. Joseph Creek on YouTube); Lime Creek, which has stretches listed as impaired -- Michigan 303(d) list; Toad Creek and Silver Creek.
Cool Bean Creek Sign ~ Hudson, Michigan
The Bean is unique in southern Michigan with several excellent coldwater tributaries. It also has history of water quality problems in several stream stretches, including erosion and sedimentation, pathogen contamination from failed septic systems, and bacterial contamination from intensive livestock operations. For administration of grant projects, the Coalition is affiliated with the non-profit Community Action Agency of Hillsdale, Lenawee, and Jackson Counties.
Bean Creek has its headwaters near Devil's Lake in lower Michigan. The stream flows south through Michigan to the Tiffin River in Ohio, which joins the Maumee River, entering Lake Erie at Toledo, Ohio. The Bean Creek Watershed in Michigan (sometimes called the Upper Tiffin) includes three small towns, Addison in the north, Hudson halfway downstream, and Morenci at the Ohio border.
The Bean's main tributaries are Branch Creek, St. Joseph Creek, an excellent-quality stream in its headwaters, with numerous mussel species (see short videos of the St. Joseph Creek on YouTube); Lime Creek, which has stretches listed as impaired -- Michigan 303(d) list; Toad Creek and Silver Creek.