Apple River Flowage Lake Management Plan developed by the Polk County Land and Water Resources Department. Includes summaries of monitoring, a lake resident survey, land use, shoreline conditions, nutrient loading, and education/outreach activities.

Polk County is sponsoring a project to assess watershed, water quality, plankton, algae, and shoreline conditions; determine nutrient loads, budget, and model lake response; distribute and analyze a sociological survey; educate public through pontoon classroom and shoreline restoration workshop; develop a lake management plan including public participation/meetings. Specific project tasks include: 1. Expanded bimonthly water quality monitoring including spring and fall overturn; 2. Lake sediment sampling; 3. Tributary water quality and flow monitoring; 4. Daily lake level and precipitation monitoring; 5. Plankton and algae assessment; 6. Shoreline assessment and restoration workshop; 7. Watershed delineation and modeling; 8. Sociological survey; 9. Pontoon classroom; 10. Lake management plan development including public participation/meeting.

Shoreland Monitoring, Assessment or Inventory