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Apple Creek

Apple Creek runs mostly through agricultural land, but also flows through a forested golf course and urban development before it flows into the Fox River near Wrightstown. Apple Creek is primarily dominated by agricultural land use, with some urbanizing areas in the headwaters.The French Road site was chosen to compare rural and urban land use impacts within the stream.  

Ashwaubenon Creek

This watershed is uniquely poised along the Hwy 41 corridor and is influenced by a variety of land uses. Its headwaters lie in predominantly agricultural areas (both crops and large dairy farms), but those areas are quickly being converted into subdivisions and rural homes. The stream ends its journey by narrowly skirting the west side of De Pere's urban infrastructure and dumping into the Fox at Ashwaubamay Park.

Baird Creek

Baird Creek originates from wetlands in mostly agricultural and rural areas, running eventually through suburban and urban developments on the east side of the city of Green Bay. Much of the urban parkway is now a city-owned conservancy managed by the city and the Baird Creek Preservation Foundation.

USGS Historical Data

Duck Creek

Teachers and students from Green Bay Southwest High School have been monitoring Duck Creek since the start of the program in 2003. Green Bay West High School joined the monitoring efforts in 2019.

Duck Creek runs parallel to the Fox River to the west. Its headwaters are in agricultural land, traveling through Oneida tribal lands, two county parks (Brown County, upstream and Pamperin, downstream) and 3 golf courses. Eventually, it moves through major residential areas in Green Bay and Howard Suamico. Duck Creek empties to the northwest of the mouth of the Fox River.

USGS Historical Data

Dutchman's Creek 

Dutchman's Creek originates in rural agricultural lands in Outagamie County. The stream passes through increasingly higher density developments before it enters the Fox River at Cooke Park on Green Bay's west side.

Mahon Creek

Mahon Creek runs through agricultural land, housing developments, the UW-Green Bay arboretum and empties into the bay of Green Bay. It's location on campus makes it easy to access for teacher workshops and classes on campus.

Neenah Slough

The Neenah Slough flows north through agricultural land and into the city of Neenah before emptying into Little Lake Butte des Morts. 

Pigeon River

The Pigeon River was included in the LFRWMP in 2021 to expand our program outside of the Lower Fox River Watershed. The Pigeon River is considered an estuary that empties into Lake Michigan.

Spring Brook

Spring Brook is the southernmost of the streams that are monitored in the program. It runs through mostly agricultural lands before flowing into Lake Butte de Morts in Winnebago County. Spring Brook was chosen to provide a comparison between streams in the Lower and Upper Fox River Basins. The creek drains an agricultural watershed, and empties into Lake Butte de Morts.

Waupaca River

The watershed has mixed land uses which are dominated by agriculture, forests and some wetlands.

Wequiock Creek

Wequiock Creek flows through a mostly agricultural area. A large wetland, Point au Sable Natural Area, exists at the mouth of Wequiock Creek, before it empties into the bay of Green Bay. The Niagara Escarpment runs through the middle of this watershed creating Wequiock Falls.