<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:creator>Michigan Dept. of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy</dc:creator><dc:description>Watershed councils and environmental organizations have a variety of missions and provide many services. Some are specific to one lake and focus only on very local issues, while some cover the entire watershed or state. Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) provides this information as a service to the user, and the information has been gathered from a variety of public resources available on the internet. Only publicly available information has been provided (e.g. the organization contact e-mail address provided on a public website). Not all watershed organizations are represented here, but EGLE makes every effort to improve the accuracy of this information. If you would like an organization to be added or removed from this layer, or have updated contact information, please submit the information to RippkeM@michigan.gov . Notes: Subwatersheds at the 12-digit Hyrdologic Unit Code (HUC) level are the smallest polygons in this layer; therefore, very local agencies such as lake associations may appear to have interest in the entire subwatershed (which may not be the case). County-based organizations have boundaries that do not adhere to these subwatersheds. For subwatersheds that cross county boundaries, all applicable county-based organizations are listed. This layer is updated on an 'as needed' basis. Field Name Description OrganizationName Name of watershed organization OrganizationEmail Email address for organization OrganizationWebsite Website for organization Learn more about Michigan's Statewide E. coli Total Maximum Daily Load. Additional questions can be directed to Chris Vandenberg at VandenbergC@Michigan.gov .</dc:description><dc:format>ArcGIS FeatureLayer</dc:format><dc:identifier>https://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/9c161e78cd4049758f0ef2a238191af1_4</dc:identifier><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:publisher>State of Michigan Open Data Portal</dc:publisher><dc:rights>Public</dc:rights><dc:title>Watershed Councils and Environmental Organizations in Michigan [Michigan]</dc:title><dc:type>Web services</dc:type><dc:coverage>Michigan</dc:coverage><dc:date>Last Modified: 2025-08-29</dc:date></oai_dc:dc>