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Restoring & Preserving Our Waterways


Welcome to the home of the Middle Great Miami River Watershed Alliance, Inc.  We are a 501 C(3) organization dedicated to the restoration and preservation of the middle Great Miami River watershed in Miami and southern Shelby counties in Ohio.


Our Mission:

  • Promote wise watershed stewardship for the Middle Great Miami River Valley

Our Purpose:

  • Engage the watershed communities with life-enhancing watershed activities.
  • Establish partnerships to involve communities in the preservation of our waterways, streams, rivers, lake and habitat plantings designed to improve soil and water conservation.
  • Promote sustainable wetlands.
  • Work with POWW (Protecting Our Waterways), the Miami Conservancy District and other governmental entities.
  • Identify the USGS watersheds that constitute the Middle Great Miami Watershed Alliance.
  • Establish a working watershed management plan.
Our Objectives:
  • Build an alliance that communicates openly through meetings and projects which includes Protecting Our Waterways (POWW), Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever, FFA and other organizations.
  • Establish funding sources to assist in funding our 501 C (3) projects.
  • Interact with schools to develop curriculum to educate as well as establish future watershed projects
  • Work closely with Piqua, Sidney, Troy and Tipp City to plan sustainable water resource management.
  • Protect the Great Miami River from damaging practices, assist in the abatement of stream chemical and silt pollution and improve water quality. 
  • Map and monitor watershed hot spots.
  • Identify ways to protect and improve aquifer recharge zones for the Great Miami River Valley.


Contact us at: MGMRWAlliance@gmail.com


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