POLK COUNTY: McKenzie Lake Planning Project

The Polk County Land & Water Resources Department will conduct a comprehensive lake management planning project involving a study and evaluation of McKenzie Lake in Polk County. Project activities would include; delineating the watershed, conducting a comprehensive in-lake water quality survey, conducting an exotic species inventory, compiling a comprehensive land use and soils inventory with phosphorus loadings estimates, monitoring lake level and precipitation, conducting a lake sediment survey, conducting a biodiversity survey, and conducting an on-going public participation, media involvement, and information and education program. The project data will be utilized to generate a final project report.