LOWER TURTLE LAKE MGT DISTRICT: LMI-Turtle Lake Watershed 5 Yr Education & Best Management Practices Incentives/Cost-sharing Program

Lower Turtle Lake Mgt. District, in partnership with Upper and Lower Turtle Lake Associations and Barron Co. SWCD, will sponsor a project to reduce erosion, improve habitat and water quality, continue monitoring efforts, and expand information and education outreach in the Turtle Lakes watershed. Activities include: 1) initiate farmer incentive program for no till and other agricultural BMPs; 2) restore shorelines and implement residential BMPs ; 3) complete whole-lake, point-intercept aquatic plant surveys and management plans on both lakes; 4) monitor tributary and lake water quality and quantity; 5) expand outreach efforts, including annual lake fairs and farm progress events.

Activities

• Habitat Restoration - Shoreland
• Habitat Restoration - Shoreland
• Monitor Water Quality or Sediment
• Partnership Project

Final Report and Products

• 2010-15 End of Project Summary Report Lower and Upper Turtle Lakes Barron County, Wisconsin [PDF 2 MB]
• 2014 Turtle Lakes Lake Protection Project End of Year Summary [WBICs: 2079700, 2079800] [PDF 3 MB]
• 2016 Native Aquatic Plant Management Addendum to the 2010 Aquatic Plant Management Plan [Lower Turtle Lake, Barron County] [PDF 1 MB]
• Appendix B - Sample Harvesting Lanes - Lower Turtle Lake [Barron County] [PDF 239 KB]
• Aquatic Plants: Introduction, Manual Removal and Mechanical Control Regulations [Appendix A] [PDF]
• Curly-leaf Pondweed (Potamogeton crispus) Exotic Species CLP Bed Mapping Survey Lower Turtle Lake Barron County, WI [PDF 206 KB]
• Lower Turtle Lake Aquatic Plant Management Plan [PDF 2 MB]

People/Organizations Involved

• Lower Turtle Lake Management District