BONE LAKE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT: Bone Lake Internal Load Study & Comprehensive Plan Update

The Bone Lake Management District is sponsoring a project to monitor fisheries, wildlife, and watershed and in lake water quality.

The final deliverables include all data collected, examples of education and outreach materials, agendas and minutes for planning meetings, watershed BMP designs, and an updated water quality strategy that includes results of the watershed and internal loads studies.

Specific project tasks include: 1) Watershed & in lake water quality monitoring; 2) Fish & wildlife monitoring; 3) Sediment core collection & analysis; 4) Watershed BMP design.

Special Conditions: 1) CLMN efforts should not be duplicated, and these data shall be included in the trends analysis and final reporting; 2) All data shall be entered into the SWIMS database as appropriate.

Final Report and Products

• A Paleolimnological Study of Bone Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin: Fossil Algal Pigments [PDF 388 KB]
• Analysis of in situ internal phosphorus load: Bone Lake, Polk County Wisconsin - 2015-2017 [PDF 1 MB]
• Bone 2015 Tributary Analysis [PDF 532 KB]
• Bone Lake Internal Load Studies and Alum Recommendations [PDF 144 KB]
• Bone Lake Management Plan Approval Request [PDF]
• December 2018/January 2019 Black Crappie Sarcoma Update [PDF 363 KB]
• Grant Report LPL 156815 [Summary of Grant Activities] [PDF 115 KB]
• October/November 2018 Black Crappie Sarcoma Update [PDF]
• Results of census for Canada geese on Bone Lake, June 20-22, 2018 [PDF 537 KB]
• Test Request - Inorganic Surface Water & Microbiology [Bone Lake Station 493114, LM021] [PDF 187 KB]
• Test Request - Inorganic Surface Water & Microbiology [Bone Lake Station 493114, LM022] [PDF 187 KB]

People/Organizations Involved

• Bone Lake Management District
• Alex Smith