2005 Targeted Watershed Nominees

Location	Watershed	Nominated by	Nominated on Behalf of
EPA REGION 1
VT	Lamoille River/Black Creek	Gov. James Douglas	Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
VT	White River	Gov. James Douglas	White River Partnership
ME	Presumpscot River/Casco Bay	Gov. John Elias Baldacci	Presumpscot River Watershed Coalition Casco Bay Estuary Project
ME	Penobscot Bay	Gov. John Elais Baldacci Chief James Sappier	Penobscot Indian Nation
MA/NH/VT	Connecticut River	Gov. Mitt Romney Gov. John Lynch Gov. James Douglas	Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
MA	South Coastal	Gov. Mitt Romney	Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
MA	Mattapoisett River/Buzzards Bay	Gov. Mitt Romney	Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program and The Coalition for Buzzards Bay
NH	Cocheco River	Gov. John Lynch	Coheco River Watershed Coalition
NH	Pisquataqua River	Gov. John Lynch	University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center
EPA REGION 2
PR	Arecibo River	Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila	Casa Pueblo
PR	Mayaguez Bay	Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila	University of Puerto Rico Water Resources and Environmental Research Institute
NJ	Greenwood Lake	Acting Gov. Richard Codey	Greenwood Lake Commission
NJ	Lake Hopatcong	Acting Gov. Richard Codey	Lake Hopatcong Commission
NJ/PA	Delaware Estuary	Acting Gov. Richard Codey Gov. Edward Rendell	Delaware River Basin Commission
EPA REGION 3
MD/DC	Anacostia River	Gov. Robert Ehrlich, Jr. Mayor Anthony Willaims	Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and the Anacostia Watershed Partnership
PA/NJ	Delaware Estuary	Gov. Edward Rendell Acting Gov. Richard Codey	Delaware River Basin Commission
PA	Upper Ohio	Gov. Edward Rendell	Pennsylvania Environmental Council
PA	Tioga River	Gov. Edward Rendell	Tioga County Concerned Citizens Committee, Inc.
PA	Neshaminy Creek	Gov. Edward Rendell	Heritage Conservancy
PA	Catawissa Creek	Gov. Edward Rendell	Schuylkill Conservation District
VA	Guest River	Gov. Mark Warner	Lonesome Pine Soil and Water Conservation District
WV	Cheat River	Gov. Joe Manchin, III	Friends of the Cheat
WV	Deckers Creek	Gov. Joe Manchin, III	Friends of Deckers Creek
EPA REGION 4
NC	Chowan River	Gov. Michael Easley	Environmental Defense
SC	Sugar Creek	Gov. Mark Sanford	Mecklenburg County Surface Water Improvement & Management Program and York County Stormwater Division
GA	Coosa River	Gov. Sonny Perdue	Northwest Georgia Regional Water Resources Partnership
GA	Middle Chattahoochee	Gov. Sonny Perdue	Columbus Water Works
FL	Pensacola Bay	Gov. Jeb Bush	Pensacola Bay Watershed Partnership
TN	Little River	Gov. Phil Bredesen	Blount County Soil Conservation District
AL	Big Creek	Gov. Bob Riley	Mobile Area Water and Sewer System
AL	Cahaba River	Gov. Bob Riley	Auburn University
MS	Mary Walker Bayou	Gov. Haley Barbour	City of Gautier
MS	Upper Pearl River	Gov. Haley Barbour	Upper Pearl River Watershed Advisory Group
EPA REGION 5
OH	Bokes and Mill Creek	Gov. Bob Taft	Midwest Biodiversity Institute
OH	Huff Run	Gov. Bob Taft	Rural Action, Inc.
IN	Upper White River	Gov. Mitchell Daniels, Jr.	Central Indiana Water Resources Partnership
IL/MO	Middle Mississippi	Gov. Rod Blagojevich Gov. Mitchell Daniels, Jr.	Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
IL	Big Bureau Creek	Gov. Rod Blagojevich	Prairie Rivers Resource Conservation & Development, Inc.
IL	Mossville Bluffs	Gov. Rod Blagojevich	Tri-County Regional Planning Commission
MI	Dead River	Gov. Jennifer Granholm	Central Lake Superior Watershed Partnership
WI	St. Croix River	Gov. Jim Doyle	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
WI	Upper Mississippi	Gov. Jim Doyle	Green Lands, Blue Waters Consortium
WI	Greater Milwaukee	Gov. Jim Doyle	Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
WI	Baird Creek	Gov. Jim Doyle	University of Wisconsin
MN	Head of the Great Lakes	Gov. Tim Pawlenty	University of Minnesota Natural Resources Research Institute
MN	Vermillion River	Gov. Tim Pawlenty	Vermillion River Watershed Joint Powers Organization
EPA REGION 6
OK	Blue River	Governor Bill Anoatubby, The Chickasaw Nation Gov. Brad Henry	The Nature Conservancy
OK	Grand Lake	Gov. Brad Henry	Oklahoma Department f Environmental Quality
OK	Lake Wister	Gov. Brad Henry	Poteau Valley Improvement Authority
LA	Ward Creek	Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco	Baton Rouge Green
LA	Tangipahoa River	Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco	Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
TX	Upper Pecos River	Gov. Rick Perry	Upper Pecos Soil and Water Conservation District No. 213
TX	Armand Bayou	Gov. Rick Perry	Houston Advanced Research Center
NM	Canadian River	Gov. Bill Richardson	Canadian River Riparian Restoration Project
NM	Lower Pecos River	Gov. Bill Richardson	Carlsbad Soil and Water Conservation District
NM	Santa Clara Creek	Governor J. Bruce Tafoya, Santa Clara Pueblo	Pueblo of Santa Clara
EPA REGION 7
IA	Iowa River	Gov. Thomas Vilsack	University of Iowa
MO/IL	Middle Mississippi	Gov. Mitchell Daniels, Jr. Gov. Rod Blagojevich	Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
NE/KS	Tuttle Creek	Gov. Dave Heineman Gov. Kathleen Sebelius	Tuttle Creek Lake Watershed Partners
EPA REGION 8
UT	Upper Sevier River	Gov. Jon Huntsman, Jr.	Utah Department of Environmental Quality
UT	Jordan River	Gov. Jon Huntsman, Jr.	Salt Lake County
MT	Gallatin River	Gov. Brian Schweitzer	Greater Gallatin Watershed Council
CO	Clear Creek	Gov. Bill Owens	Clear Creek Watershed Foundation
CO	North Fork	Gov. Bill Owens	North Fork River Improvement Association
ND	Ox Creek	Chairman Ken Davis	Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
EPA REGION 9
CA	Trinity/Lower Klamath	Chairperson Howard McConnell	Yurok Tribe Environmental Program
NV	Las Vegas Wash	Gov. Kenny Guinn	Southern Nevada Water Authority
EPA REGION 10
ID	Upper Teton	Gov. Dirk Kempthorne	Friends of the Teton River, Inc.
OR	Sandy River	Gov. Theodore Kulongoski	Sandy River Basin Partners
OR	Willamette River	Gov. Theodore Kulongoski Chairwoman Cheryle Kennedy, Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde	The Willamette Partnership
WA	Skagit River	Gov. Christine Gregoire	The Nature Conservancy
WA	Hood Canal	Gov. Christine Gregoire< Chairman Gordon James, Skokomish Nation Chairman Ronald Charles, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe Chariman Brian Cladoosby, Swinomish Tribal Community	Hood Canal Coordinating Council
WA	Stillaguamish	Chairman Shawn Yanity	Stillaguamish Tribe Natural Resources Department
AK	Resurrection Creek	Gov. Frank Murkowski	Youth Restoration Corps
AK	Klawock River	President Dewey Skan	Klawock Cooperative Association, Tribe

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