About

In 2019, the Vanderburgh County SWCD launched efforts to protect and improve the Lower Pigeon Creek Watershed. The Lower Pigeon Creek Watershed drains 107 square miles of Vanderburgh, Warrick and Gibson counties. The watershed drains Elberfield, McCutchanville and portions of Evansville. The Lower Pigeon Creek Watershed includes Pigeon Creek downstream of I-69 as well as Little Pigeon Creek, Bluegrass Creek, Locust Creek and other tributarires.

What is a watershed?

The Lower Pigeon Creek Watershed Project focuses on protecting and improving water quality in the Lower Pigeon Creek Watershed. All of the land from which water drains into a singular waterbody forms a watershed. These drainage boundaries are determined by land elevation rather than state or county lines, political boundaries, or residential property lines. View the Lower Pigeon Creek Watershed.

Learn about the Lower Pigeon Creek Project

The Lower Pigeon Creek Watershed Management Plan was completed in 2023. Read the plan! The second phase of the project, which focuses on implementation of this plan launched in January 2024. During this phase, the Lower Pigeon Creek Project will provide cost share funds to implement on-the-ground conservation!

Goals for the Lower Pigeon Creek Implementation Project

  1. Implement the Lower Pigeon Creek Watershed Management Plan (WMP): The Lower Pigeon Creek Project will fund agricultural and urban projects which can help protect and improve the Lower Pigeon Creek Watershed, its landscape and its water quality.

  2. Engagment and outreach: The Lower Pigeon Creek Project will engage youth and adults through Hoosier Riverwatch monitoring; annual project meetings; agricultural and urban-focused workshops; newsletters; local tours; and more.