The Town of Jackson, in cooperation with the Loon Lake Property Owners Association, will conduct a two-phase Comprehensive Survey Project for Loon Lake in Burnett County. This current application is for the phase 1 study involving a lake water quality assessment, a watershed assessment, and a lake water level assessment. [The Phase 2 study, planned for 2006, will focus on an aquatic plant survey, continued water chemistry assessment, a literature review, data analysis, and report writing.] Activities involved in this current Phase 1 survey project include; 1.) a water quality assessment including water chemistry analysis, dissolved oxygen and temperature data, and the development of lake TSI's, 2.) a watershed assessment including boundary delineation, land use and cover type assessment, and identification of potential nutrient loading sources, and 3.) a lake level assessment including a review of historical level information, identify groundwater flow patterns utilizing piezometers, mapping ground water flow patterns, and investigate potential causes for lake level fluctuations

Final Report