BLAKE LAKE PROTECTION & REHABILITATION DIST: Comprehensive Lake Planning & Paleolimnology Project

The Blake Lake P&R District is sponsoring a project to develop a comprehensive lake management plan including public participation / meetings.

The final deliverables include agendas and minutes for planning meetings, and a lake management plan that includes methodologies, results, and management alternatives discussion with an implementation plan.

Specific project tasks include: 1) Historic watershed land use assessment & loadings; 2) Identify runoff patterns & delineate environmentally sensitive areas in the watershed; 3) Sediment core collection & analysis; 4) Planning committee meetings; 5) Lake Management Plan development.

This scope summarizes the project detail provided in the application and does not negate tasks/deliverables described therein. Data, records, and reports, including GIS-based maps, and digital images, must be submitted to the Department in a format specified by the regional Lake Coordinator.

Activities

• Monitor Water Quality or Sediment
• Runoff Evaluation
• Informational Meetings
• Lake Management Plan Development
• Lakes Planning Grant
• Watershed Mapping or Assessment
• Information and Education

Final Report and Products

• A Paleolimnological Study of Big Blake Lake, Polk County, Wisconsin [PDF 2 MB]
• Big Blake Lake Appendices J-M [PDF 17 MB]
• Big Blake Lake LMP [PDF 10 MB]
• Big Blake Lake LMP Appendices A-H [PDF 15 MB]
• Big Blake Lake LMP Appendix I [PDF 309 KB]
• Big Blake Managment Plan Approval Letter [PDF]

People/Organizations Involved

• Big Blake Lake P & R District