POLK COUNTY LWRD: Church Pine, Round, & Big Lakes Water Quality & Biological Assessment
Polk County is sponsoring a project to assess watershed, water quality, plankton, algae, and shoreline conditions; determine nutrient loads, budget, and model lake response; distribute and analyze a sociological survey; educate public through pontoon classroom and shoreline restoration workshop; develop a lake management plan including public participation/meetings.
Specific project tasks include: 1. Expanded bimonthly water quality monitoring including spring and fall overturn; 2. Lake sediment sampling; 3. Tributary water quality and flow monitoring; 4. Daily lake level and precipitation monitoring; 5. Plankton and algae assessment; 6. Shoreline assessment and restoration workshop; 7. Watershed delineation and modeling; 8. Sociological survey; 9. Pontoon classroom; 10. Lake management plan development including public participation/meeting.
Final deliverables include examples of education materials developed; agenda or attendance lists for workshops, planning meetings, and education events; and a single lake management plan that includes methodologies, results, and management alternatives discussion with an implementation plan that is approvable for Lake Protection Grant eligibility.
Special conditions: 1. CLMN efforts shall not be duplicated, and these data shall included in the trends analysis and final reporting; 2. Draft sociological/user surveys must be reviewed and approved by the Department before being initiated; 3. Shoreline inventory methods must be approved by the Department before being initiated.
| Project Type
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LAKE_GRANT
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Large Scale Lake Planning
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| Project ID
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LPL-1473-12
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Year Started
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2012
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| Status
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COMPLETE
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Activities
- Monitor Water Level
- Hold Workshops
- Shoreland Monitoring, Assessment, Inventory
- Watershed Mapping or Assessment
- Aquatic Plant Monitoring or Survey
- Nutrient Budget Development
- Lake Management Plan Development
- Lakes Planning Grant
- Monitor Water Quality or Sediment
- Social Survey of Residents or Users
Final Report and Products
People/Organizations Involved