Lakes Planning Report

Polk County LCD will conduct a comprehensive lake water quality monitoring, sociological survey, watershed evaluation, plant survey study of Ward Lake in Polk County. Project activities include; com;iling watershed map, conducting a landowner survey, digitizing watershed land uses and estimating phosphorus loadings, collecting lake water quality samples, monitoring and mapping groundwater, monitoring lake level and precipitation, updating lake bottom topography, conducting a shoreline video survey, compiling fisheries census data, conducting an aquatic plant survey, and delineation of sensitive areas, continuing a information & education program via newsletter(s), meeting(s), and news release(s), and compiling a final report. Specific deliverables for this grant project will include: * A final report compiling all information collected during the project activities listed above. The Department of Natural Resources will be provided with both a paper copy and an electronic sopy of the final report. The project results will be disseminated to the public by newsletter(s), public meeting(s), and local newspaper articles.

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