A fundamental concept of watershed protection is cooperation across political jurisdictions in protecting land and water resources. The Watershed Center promotes collaboration on watershed programs with partner resource organizations.  Project partners include local governments, area businesses and business associations, neighborhood associations, citizen groups,  environmental and conservation organizations, educational institutions and many others.

The Grand Traverse Bay watershed covers nearly 1,000 square miles, major parts of four counties, dozens of municipalities, hundreds of public parcels of land, and thousands of private parcels of land.  It takes all of us working together to protect this magnificent natural resource that is vital to our regional economy and quality of life.

Some of our Project Partners include:

• Acme Township
• Antrim Conservation District
• Boardman River Dams Committee
• City of Traverse City
• Conservation Resource Alliance
• Garfield Township
• Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
• Grand Traverse Conservation District
• Grand Traverse County
• Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy
• Inland Seas Education Association
• Land Information Access Association
• The Grand Vision
• Kalkaska Conservation District
• Leelanau Conservancy
• Leelanau Conservation District
• Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
• Michigan Groundwater Stewardship Program
• Michigan Sea Grant Program
• Michigan State University
• Northwest Michigan Council of Governments
• Northwestern Michigan College Water Studies Institute
• Peninsula Township
• Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council
• Three Lakes Association
• Torch Lake Protection Alliance