A plan for the long-term management of eleven lakes near the Penokee Iron range of Ashland and Iron Counties of Wisconsin. The eleven lakes are being considered as on system for the purposes of this management plan.

Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute at Northland College is sponsoring a large scale lake planning grant to study Upson Lake, in Iron County. The project will focus on developing a Lake Management Plan (LMP) for Upson Lake. Project activities include: 1) Stakeholder participation \2013 stakeholder survey, planning meetings (2-4), kick-off meeting, wrap-up meeting, news release(s), and newsletter article; 2) Summarize ongoing lake management work; 3) Water quality sampling and analysis; 4) Watershed assessment and nutrient load modeling; 5) Characterize groundwater chemistry; 6) Characterize biological communities and ecosystem interactions; 7) Shoreline assessment and summarize existing fisheries data; 8) Aquatic plant surveys (PI survey, community mapping, and substrate mapping); 9) Data analysis; 10) Develop LMP.