About The Lake o’ the Cherokees
Sub-watershed association
Our Mission
The Lake O’ The Cherokees Sub-watershed Association (LOTCSWA) is comprised of a group of citizens whose mission is to protect and improve water quality through collaborative adoption of best management practices that will promote the health, safety and economic prosperity of the Lake O’ The Cherokees Sub-Watershed Basin region.
How we accomplish Our Mission
The first step is to provide a framework for collaborative efforts of stakeholders that, with state agency and tribal input, will develop a watershed plan that provides the impetus for broad adoption of best management practices within the watershed. When implemented, these practices will address the impairments within the watershed including excess nutrients and sedimentation.
About Grand Lake
Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees, more commonly known as Grand Lake, is the northeastern most man-made lake in Oklahoma. It was initially filled in the summer of 1940 following the completion of Pensacola Dam. Most of the water in Grand Lake flows into Oklahoma from east-central Kansas through the Neosho River, with two other major rivers and several smaller streams feeding the lake.
Watershed education
A watershed is an area of land that drains the rain that falls on it and the streams that run through it to a common area, such as a pond, river, or lake. They can be as small as the area surrounding a pond, or as large as the one for the Mississippi River. No matter where you are, you are always in a watershed.
our mission
Our mission is to protect and improve water quality through collaborative adoption of best management practices that will promote the health, safety and economic prosperity of the Lake O’ The Cherokees Sub-Watershed Basin region.
