BLAKE LAKE PROTECTION & REHABILITATION DIST: Big Blake Water Quality & Plankton Monitoring Project
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Purpose

The Blake Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District proposes to conduct monitoring to assess and characterize the water quality, phyoplankton and zooplankton community structure, and other related factors on Big Blake Lake in Polk County. Ongoing project activities will be disseminated via newsletter (s), meeting (s), and final report mailings. Specific conditions for this grant project will include frequency of sampling, parameter lists and methodologies as identified and agreed to in correspondence between the Department and the Limnological Institute. Specific deliverables for this grant project include: * A report describing the ecological significance and importance of algae and zooplankton populations; * A copy of the quality assurance protocol for the multi-sensor probe; * A final report compiling all information collected during the project activities listed above. Ongoing project activities will be disseminated via newsletter (s), meeting (s), and final report mailings. The Department will be provided with both a paper copy and an electronic copy of the final report.

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LPL-940-04
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Activities & Recommendations
Grant Awarded
The Blake Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District proposes to conduct monitoring to assess and characterize the water quality, phyoplankton and zooplankton community structure, and other related factors on Big Blake Lake in Polk County. Ongoing project activities will be disseminated via newsletter (s), meeting (s), and final report mailings.
Monitor Water Quality or Sediment
10101090
 
Watershed
Upper Apple River
 
Waters
Big Blake Lake
Monitoring Data
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