Links to sites related to the Big Darby Creek and watershed protection

Big Darby Accord - Mission Statement and related information

www.franklincountyohio.gov/bigdarbyaccord/

Big Darby Creek Watershed Wastewater Dischargers

http://www.darbycreeks.org/Wastewater Dischargers.htm

Big Darby Creek Scenic Byway

http://www.ohiobyways.com/Big_Darby_Plains/

Big Darby - Water Quality Management Plan

Ohio EPA 208 Plan, including Big Darby Creek

Appendix 9-3. 208 Plan Prescriptions for Water Quality Protection within the Big Darby Creek Watershed (PDF 675K)

(Press release for 2003 version of Central Scioto Plan Update)

Columbus City Council - Protecting the Environment - Big Darby Watershed

http://council.ci.columbus.oh.us/initiatives/Initiatives_26.asp

Darby Conservation District Summary

http://www.brown.twp.franklin.oh.us/conservation.htm

Darby Creek Watershed Planning Group

http://www.union.co.oh.us/soil-water-conservation/html/body_watershed_pr (2003 - )

http://www.mswcd.org/Darby.htm  (2001 - 2002)

Darby Creek Matters  - opposing a proposed mega-dairy in Little Darby Creek watershed in Madison County

http://www.darbycreekmatters.com/

Environmentally Sensitive Development Area External Advisory Group

http://utilities.ci.columbus.oh.us/project/
 

Fishes of Ohio's Scenic Rivers - ODNR

http://www.ohiodnr.com/dnap/rivfish/default.htm

Fish Fact Sheets - ODNR

http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/wildlife/resources/aquanotes/aquanotes.html

Fish - Ohio GAP - U.S. Geological Survey

http://oh.water.usgs.gov/ohgap/fish.htm

Franklin County Greenways

http://www.morpc.org/web/planning/greenways/greenways.html

Friends of Hellbranch

http://www.geocities.com/h_branchoh/

Hellbranch Run press release - Columbus City Council

http://www.columbuscitycouncil.org/news/press/pr_hellbranch.htm

Hellbranch Run Watershed Protection Overlay - City of Columbus

Little Darby National Wildlife Refuge Proposal

http://www.fws.gov/midwest/planning/LittleDarby/index.html

Metro Parks - Battelle-Darby and Prairie Oaks Parks Program Schedules

http://www.metroparks.net/progsched.htm

National Park Service - Big and Little Darby Creeks Wild and Scenic Rivers

http://www.nps.gov/rivers/wsr-big-darby.html

Ohio Department of Natural Resources -

Big Darby Creek State and National Scenic River

http://www.ohiodnr.com/dnap/sr/bdarby.htm

 

Big Darby Creek

http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/watercraft/destinations/bigdarby.shtm

 

Big Darby Creek canoeing and kayaking access

http://www.ohiodnr.com/watercraft/boat/rivers/bigdarby.html

 

Riparian Birds of Ohio Scenic Rivers

http://www.ohiodnr.com/dnap/rivbirds/default.htm

Ohio EPA - Big Darby Creek

Biological and Water Quality Study of the Big Darby Creek Watershed, 2001/2002.  Logan, Champaign, Union, Madison, Franklin and Pickaway Counties, Ohio.  June 28, 2004.

http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/documents/BigDarbyTSD2004.html

 

 

Final 2004 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report

http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/tmdl/2004IntReport/2004OhioIntegratedReport.html

 

Ohio State University Extension - Big Darby Creek

http://ohioline.ag.ohio-state.edu/~ohioline/dc/partners.html

One Thousand Friends of Central Ohio

http://1kco.org/

The Nature Conservancy - Big Darby Creek Watershed

http://www.bigdarby.org/

Darby Creek Preserve

http://nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/ohio/preserves/art165.html

Advancing Darby Watershed Protection

http://nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/ohio/preserves/art10091.html#section_3

Regional Growth Strategy

http://regionalconnections.org/

U.S. EPA - Big Darby Creek

http://www.epa.gov/ecoplaces/part2/region5/site2.html

Big Darby Creek Case Study - 2000

http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/wacademy/darby13.pdf

U.S. Geological Survey Monitoring Station on the Big Darby Creek at Darbyville

http://water.usgs.gov/oh/nwis/uv/?site_no=03230500&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060

U.S. Geological Survey Monitoring Station on the Little Darby Creek at West Jefferson

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/oh/nwis/uv?format=html&period=31&site_no=03230310

Westland Area Plan - City of Columbus

Darby Watershed Government Links

Soil and Water Conservation Districts

County Governments

Cities and Villages of the Big Darby Watershed

Recreation

Trapper John's Canoe Livery, Darbydale

http://www.trapperjohnscanoeing.com/

Metro Parks Bike Trails - Battelle-Darby and Prairie Oaks Metro Parks

http://www.jnybny.com/darbymetroparkconnector.htm

General Links

Explore Your Watershed - Ohio EPA - http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/watershed/

Watershed Planning - Ohio Department of Natural Resources - http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/soilandwater/watershedprograms.htm

Ohio Watersheds Network - http://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/