| State |
EPA Region |
Watershed |
Nominated By |
Lead Organization |
| MA, NH |
1 |
Nashua River |
Craig Benson and Mitt Romney |
Nashua River Watershed Association |
| MA |
1 |
Connecticut River |
Mitt Romney |
Pioneer Valley Planning Commission |
| ME |
1 |
Presumpscot River |
John Baldacci |
Casco Bay Estuary Project |
| MA |
1 |
Ipswich River |
Mitt Romney |
Dept. of Conservation and Recreation |
| ME |
1 |
Penobscot River Basin |
John Baldacci |
Penobscot Indian Nation |
| MA |
1 |
Mystic River |
Mitt Romney |
Mystic River Watershed Association |
| VT |
1 |
Stevens Brook |
James Douglas |
City of St. Albans |
| VT |
1 |
Missisquoi |
James Douglas |
Northwest Regional Planning Commission |
| MA |
1 |
Nashua River |
Mitt Romney |
DEP, Bureau of Environmental
Protection |
| NJ |
2 |
Passaic River |
James McGreevey |
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
| NJ |
2 |
Greenwood Lake |
James McGreevey |
Greenwood Lake Commission |
| NJ |
2 |
Lake Hopatcong |
James McGreevey |
Lake Hopatcong Commission |
| NY |
2 |
Hudson River Estuary |
George Pataki |
Lower Hudson Coalition of Conservation Districts |
| NY |
2 |
Wallkill River |
George Pataki |
Wallkill River Watershed Management Group |
| NY |
2 |
Upper Delaware River |
George Pataki |
Open Space Institute and Trout Unlimited |
| NY |
2 |
New York State's Lake Ontario |
George Pataki |
Finger Lakes - Lake Ontario Watershed Protection Alliance |
| NY |
2 |
Cayuga Lake |
George Pataki |
Cayuga Nation |
| VA |
3 |
Tennessee/Big Sandy River Basin |
Mark Warner |
Dept. of Environmental Quality |
| VA |
3 |
James River |
Mark Warner |
James River Association |
| VA |
3 |
Shenandoah River and Opequon Creek |
Mark Warner |
Regional Water Resources Policy Committee |
| PA |
3 |
Chesapeake Bay |
Edward Rendell |
PA DEP Office of Water Management |
| PA |
3 |
Schuylkill River |
Edward Rendell |
the Philadelphia Water Dept., Office of Watersheds |
| PA |
3 |
Loyalhanna River |
Edward Rendell |
Iron Oxide Technologies, Saint Vincent College, and Penn State Univ. |
| PA |
3 |
Octoraro Creek |
Edward Rendell |
Chester County Conservation District |
| WV |
3 |
Ohio River Basin |
Bob Wise |
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission |
| MD |
3 |
Corsica River |
Robert Ehrlich |
The Corsica River Watershed Partnership |
| MD |
3 |
Monocacy River |
Robert Ehrlich |
Maryland Dept. of the Environment |
| MD |
3 |
Oxon Run |
Robert Ehrlich |
District of Columbia Government; Dept. of Health, Watershed Protection Division |
| WV |
3 |
Cheat River |
Bob Wise |
Friends of the Cheat |
| WV |
3 |
Cacapon and Lost River, Potomac River, and Chesapeake Bay |
Bob Wise |
Friends of the Potomac |
| >NC |
4 |
Sugar, Little Sugar, and McAlpine Creeks |
Michael Easley |
Mecklenburg County Land Use & Environmental Services Agency |
| NC |
4 |
Cape Fear River |
Michael Easley |
Cape Fear River Assembly |
| NC |
4 |
Ross Creek |
Michael Easley |
RiverLink |
| TN |
4 |
Forked Deer |
Phil Bredesen |
University of Tennessee |
| FL |
4 |
Lower St. Johns River |
Jeb Bush |
St. Johns River Water Management District |
| FL |
4 |
Estero Bay |
Jeb Bush |
Estero Bay Nutrient Management Partnership |
| FL |
4 |
Pensacola Bay |
Jeb Bush |
Pensacola Bay Watershed Partnership |
| GA |
4 |
Etowah Basin |
Sonny Perdue |
The Etowah Watershed Coalition |
| SC |
4 |
Congaree River |
Mark Sanford |
Richland County |
| GA |
4 |
Middle Chattahoochee River |
Sonny Perdue |
Columbus Water Works |
| SC |
4 |
Keowee-Seneca |
Mark Sanford |
Friends of Lake Keowee Society |
| GA |
4 |
Upper Chattahoochee River Basin |
Sonny Perdue |
Georgia Dept. of Community Affairs |
| AL |
>4 |
Weeks Bay |
Bob Riley |
Weeks Bay Reserve Foundation |
| IN |
5 |
St. Joseph River |
Joe Kernan |
St. Joseph River Watershed Initiative |
| IN |
5 |
Highland-Pigeon |
Joe Kernan |
Four Rivers Resource Conservation and Development Area, Inc. |
| MN |
5 |
Clear Water River |
Tim Pawlenty |
Red Lake Nation of the Chippewa, Red Lake Watershed District |
| MN |
5 |
Hawk Creek |
Tim Pawlenty |
Hawk Creek Watershed Project |
| WI |
5 |
St. Croix |
Jim Doyle |
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, St. Croix Basin Water Resources Planning Team |
| MN |
5 |
Root River |
Tim Pawlenty |
Hiawatha Valley Resource Conservation and Development Area |
| IL |
5 |
Kaskaskia River |
Rod Blagojevich |
Southwestern Illinois RC&D, Inc |
| IL |
5 |
Upper Sangamon River |
Rod Blagojevich |
Agricultural Watershed Institute |
| IL |
5 |
Cahokia |
Rod Blagojevich |
Winrock International |
| MI |
5 |
Dead River |
Jennifer Granholm |
Central Lake Superior Watershed Partnership |
| MI |
5 |
Clinton River |
Jennifer Granholm |
Office of the Oakland County Drain Commissioner |
| IL |
5 |
Kalamazoo River |
Rod Blagojevich |
The Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi |
| NM |
6 |
Upper Hondo |
Bill Richardson |
Lincoln County Board of Commissioners |
| TX |
6 |
Concho River |
Rick Perry |
Texas Water Resources Institute |
| TX |
6 |
Bosque and Leon Rivers |
Rick Perry |
Global Scientific Research, Corp |
| TX |
6 |
San Ambrosia, Santa Isabel, and Los Olmos |
Rick Perry |
Center for Sustainable Development |
| OK |
6 |
Lake O' The Cherokees |
Leaford Bearskin |
Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma |
| OK |
6 |
Wister Lake |
Brad Henry |
Poteau Valley Improvement Authority |
| OK |
6 |
Grand Lake |
Brad Henry |
Oklahoma DEQ and Office of the Secretary of the Environment |
| LA |
6 |
Lower Red River |
Kathleen B. Blanco |
Red River Watershed Management Institute |
| LA |
6 |
Cabin Teele |
Kathleen B. Blanco |
Northeast Delta Resource Conservation Development Area, Inc. |
| AR |
6 |
Fourche Creek |
Mike Huckabee |
Audubon Arkansas |
| AR |
6 |
Mississippi River |
Mike Huckabee |
Arkansas DEQ |
| AR |
6 |
Lower Neosho, Spavinaw Creek, Illinois, Elk, White River, Beaver Reservoir, and Buffalo River |
Mike Huckabee |
North Arkansas College |
| NM |
6 |
Jemez |
Bill Richardson |
Public Works Dept., Jemez Pueblo |
| OK |
6 |
Arkansas River |
Guy Munroe |
Kaw Nation of Oklahoma |
| NM |
6 |
Los Alamos/Pueblo Canyon |
Bill Richardson |
DOE Oversight Bureau of the New Mexico Environment Dept. |
| NM |
6 |
Rio San Jose |
Paul Chinana |
Pueblo of Acoma - Haaku Water Office |
| IA |
7 |
Raccoon River |
Thomas Vilsack |
Iowa Soybean Association, Des Moines Water Works |
| IA |
7 |
Mississippi River Basin |
Thomas Vilsack |
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Iowa State University |
| NE |
7 |
Tuttle Creek Lake |
Mike Johanns |
Tuttle Creek Lake Watershed Partners in Nebraska and Kansas |
| MO |
7 |
Salt River |
Bob Holden |
Environmental Resources Coalition |
| MO |
7 |
Upper Mississippi |
Bob Holden |
Winrock International |
| MO |
7 |
Salt River Basin |
Bob Holden |
Clarence Cannon Wholesale Water Commission |
| NE |
7 |
Blackbird Creek |
Donald F. Grant |
Environmental Protection Department, Omaha Tribe of Nebraska |
| KS |
7 |
Cheney Lake |
Kathleen Sebelius |
Cheney Lake Watershed, Inc |
| CO |
8 |
Clear Creek |
Bill Owens |
Clear Creek Watershed Foundation |
| MT |
8 |
Big Sandy |
Bruce Sunchild |
Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation |
| UT |
8 |
Tri-State Bear River |
Olene S. Walker |
Bear River Commission |
| UT |
8 |
Weber River |
Olene S. Walker |
Utah Sustainable Ecosystem Restoration Partnership |
| ND |
8 |
Red River of the North Basin |
John Hoeven |
Red River Basin Institute |
| WY |
8 |
Wind River |
Vernon Hill |
Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes |
| AZ |
9 |
Kanab Creek |
Carmen M. Bradley |
Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians |
| HI |
9 |
Leeward Haleakala |
Linda Lingle |
Leeward Haleakala Watershed Restoration Partnership |
| NV |
9 |
Lake Tahoe Basin |
Kenny C. Guinn |
California Regional Water Quality Board, Lahontan Region |
| NV |
9 |
Las Vegas Wash |
Kenny C. Guinn |
Southern Nevada Water Authority |
| CA |
9 |
Pit River |
Jessica Jim |
Pit River Tribe |
| CA |
9 |
Upper Sacramento River Basin,
Lower Sacramento River Basin & Delta, San Joaquin River Basin & Delta, Tulare - Buena Vista Lake Basin |
Arnold Schwarzenegger |
Ducks Unlimited, Inc. |
| CA |
9 |
Santa Ana River |
Arnold Schwarzenegger |
The Santa Ana Watershed Authority |
| CA |
9 |
Lake Tahoe |
Arnold Schwarzenegger |
California Regional Water Quality Control Board |
| CA |
9 |
Upper and Lower Cache Creek |
Elaine Patterson |
Cortina Rancheria |
| AZ |
9 |
Upper Gila |
Janet Napolitano |
Gila Watershed Partnership of Arizona |
| AZ |
9 |
Middle Little Colorado River |
Joe Shirley, Jr. |
Navajo Nation Partnership Program |
| CNMI |
9 |
Laulau |
Juan N. Babauta |
Marianas Resource Conservation & Development Council |
| AZ |
9 |
Santa Cruz River |
Janet Napolitano |
Sonoran Institute |
| AK |
10 |
Copper River |
Robert Henrichs |
Native Village of Eyak |
| ID |
10 |
Lower Kootenai |
Gary Aitken, Sr. |
Kootenai Tribe of Idaho |
| ID |
10 |
South Fork Clearwater River |
Anthony D. Johnson |
Nez Perce Tribe |
| ID |
10 |
Teton Basin |
Dirk Kempthorne |
Friends of the Teton River |
| ID |
10 |
East Fork of the South Fork of the Salmon River |
Dirk Kempthorne |
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality |
| AK |
10 |
Kuskokwim River |
Myron P. Naneng, Sr. |
Association of Village Council Presidents |
| AK |
10 |
Kenai River |
Rosalie A. Tepp |
Kenaitze Indian Tribe, I.R.A. |
| OR |
10 |
Lower Willamette (Portland) |
Don Sampson |
Confederate Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation |
| AK |
10 |
Gustavus |
Frank H. Murkowski |
The Nature Conservancy |
| WA |
10 |
Dungeness River |
Gary Locke |
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe |
| OR |
10 |
Walla Walla Basin |
Gary Locke |
Walla Walla Basin Watershed Council |
| OR |
10 |
Siuslaw River |
Theodore R. Kulongoski |
Ecotrust, Coordinator of the Pacific Watershed Partnership |
| OR |
10 |
Upper Willamette (Eugene) |
Theodore R. Kulongoski |
Parks and Open Space Division |
| WA |
10 |
Nisqually River |
Gary Locke |
Nisqually River Council |
| WA |
10 |
Skagit River |
Gary Locke |
Skagit River System Cooperative |
| WA |
10 |
Nooksack River |
Gary Locke |
Nooksack Indian Tribe |
| WA |
10 |
Hood Canal |
Gary Locke |
Skokomish Indian Nation |
| OR |
10 |
Upper Deschutes Basin |
Robert Brunoe |
Confederated Tribe of the Warm Springs |
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List of Nominations for 2004