The Comprehensive Willow Creek Watershed Planning Project will address many tangible needs on Willow Creek, including a Preliminary Design for flood mitigation, environmental stability, beautification and recreation in North Creede (photo right, levee in North Creede, photo credit G Nelson), and Preliminary Design for the lower Willow Creek floodplain from Flume to Rio Grande (photo above, lower Willow Creek floodplain after high-water impacts June 2019, photo credit, C Bode).