UPPER ST CROIX LAKE ASSOCIATION: Community Approach to Lake Planning, etc.-#3

Upper St. Croix Lake Association is sponsoring a multi-phase project to develop a community-based lake management plan. This scope covers the precipitation monitoring, internal loading and modeling phase. Citizen volunteers will be trained to monitor precipitation daily. Twenty sediment cores will be collected and analyzed for sediment phosphorous release under oxic and anoxic conditions to determine sediment SRP release rates. Surface- and groundwater-sheds will be delineated. Water and nutrient budgets will be developed using monitoring data as well as land use, climate, and previous research information. WiLMS will be used to predict in-lake phosphorous concentrations under various management alternatives. This information will be used in the final project strategic planning and management plan development phase. Final deliverables include: precipitation logs; sediment phosphorous release rates and study summary; modeling results, and watershed delineations

Activities

• Lake Management Plan Development
• Train Volunteers

People/Organizations Involved

• Upper St Croix Lake Association