APM Chemical Permit Request
Treat curly-leaf pondweed with chemicals
Monitor Invasive Species
Train Volunteers to Do Watercraft Inspections
Watercraft Inspections Clean Boats, Clean Waters
Monitor Pre and Post Treatment
Information and Education
Aquatic Plant Monitoring or Survey
Aquatic Plant Monitoring or Survey
APM Chemical Permit Request
Chemically treated curly-leaf pondweed
Monitor Invasive Species
Watercraft Inspections Clean Boats, Clean Waters
Conducted boat inspections for invasive species
Land Acquisition
The Deer Lake Conservancy has purchased 32.10 acres of undeveloped property on Deer Lake in Polk County. The parcel includes approximately 500 feet of shoreline, a riparian wetland and has Rock Creek flowing through the property. The property is adjacent to existing Conservancy owned property. Trails will be developed connecting with existing trails of the adjacent property.
Land Acquisition
Deer Lake Conservancy is sponsoring a grant to help fund the fee title acquisition of the Johnson Preserve property which includes approximately 95 acres located in part of Section 25, in the Town of St. Croix Falls and part of Section 30 in the Town of Balsam Lake, Polk County.
Retention Basin - Create or Improve
Retention Basin - Create or Improve
Deer Lake Conservancy is sponsoring a project to design/build an iron/sand filter pond with pretreatment in a agriculture-dominated subwatershed
Monitor Water Quality or Sediment
Monitored Watershed 1 Tributary to establish a baseline for measuring effectiveness of a sand/iron filing filter system to be installed in the future.
Land Acquisition
The Deer Lake Conservancy, Inc. has a land contract for 20 acres around Deer Lake. The property will be managed in accordance with the Property Management Plan, Flagstad Farm Preserve as outlined in the project description as attached to the Project Application (Form 8700-240) for this Lake Protection Grant.
Stormwater Planning, Implementation
Inc. proposes to install storm water best management practices to control direct drainage runoff. Specifically, the Conservancy will: 1) implement individual waterfront lot infiltration practices (rain gutters with drain tiles, infiltration pits, or rain gardens) on approximately 20 riparian lots; 2) design/build restoration of approximately 4 eroded gullies; 3) provide technical and financial assistance for traditional shoreline buffer restoration; 4) establish demonstration sites with open houses/tours of restoration/infiltration sites; and 5) coordinate education outreach and sociological surveys (in the form of focus groups) to determine barriers to participation and share benefits of the projects.
Stormwater Planning, Implementation
install storm water best management practices to control direct drainage runoff. Specifically, the Conservancy will: 1) implement individual waterfront lot infiltration practices (rain gutters with drain tiles, infiltration pits, or rain gardens) on approximately 20 riparian lots; 2) design/build restoration of approximately 4 eroded gullies; 3) provide technical and financial assistance for traditional shoreline buffer restoration; 4) establish demonstration sites with open houses/tours of restoration/infiltration sites
Social Survey of Residents or Users
Coordinate education outreach and sociological surveys (in the form of focus groups) to determine barriers to participation
Land Acquisition
Information and Education
Deer Lake Conservation Project Tour Guide to include the Flagstad Farm property
Install Kiosk or Sign
interpretive signs will be installed at Flagstad Farm and the Rock Creek prairie demonstration gardens.
Land Acquisition
Purchased Flagstad Farm Preserve
Land Acquisition
The Deer Lake Conservancy, Inc. has purchased a 70 acre parcel known as the Flagstad Farm Preserve. This lake protection grant is to be applied to the property including Lot 22 of the Assessor's Plat of Government Lot Seven (7), section 25, Township 34 North, Range 18 West Polk County and the northern 50 acres of the acquired property. The property includes 150 feet of frontage on Deer Lake and several wetlands in addition to upland.
Water Quality Modeling
Lake Management Plan Development
Aquatic Plant Management Plan
Developed an aquatic plant management plan
Nutrient Budget Development
Data analysis, report production
Aquatic Plant Monitoring or Survey
Monitor Water Quality or Sediment
Water Quality Modeling
Lake Management Plan Development
Monitor Water Quality or Sediment
To evaluate the effectiveness of installed watershed practices
Restore Wetlands
The Deer Lake Conservancy, Inc. proposes to restore a one half acre wetland on an intermittent stream in a small (211 acres) watershed that has been indentified by previous LMPG studies as contributing high phosphorus concentrations to Deer Lake. The wetland is located on the north side of Deer Lake.
Restore Wetlands
Restore Wetlands
Monitor Water Quality or Sediment
Nutrient Budget Development
Issue News/Media Release
Distributed information on Lake Planning Grant via. Media
Informational Meetings
Develop/Distribute Newsletter
Hydrologic Budget Development
Issue News/Media Release
Distributed information on Lake Planning Grant via. Media
Land Acquisition
32.10 acres of undeveloped property on Deer Lake in Polk County. The parcel includes approximately 500 feet of shoreline, a riparian wetland and has Rock Creek flowing through the property.