The Polk County Land & Water Resources Department will conduct a comprehensive two phase lake management planning project involving a study and evaluation of Lotus Lake in Polk County. Project activities for the Phase 1 portion of this study include; water quality monitoring, a critical habitat survey, a riparian vegetation assessment and coarse woody debris (CWD) survey, a lake sediment survey, lake algae and zooplankton assessment, fish tissue sampling, and a benthic macroinvertebrate assessment. Specific deliverables for this grant project include: A comprehensive final project report, covering both Phase 1 and Phase 2 studies, including the project results and an evaluation and analysis of the study findings. The project results will be disseminated to the public by newsletter(s), public meeting(s), and local newspaper articles.

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