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Fish and Aquatic Life
Overview
Lower Pine T32N, R18W, Sec. 23
A landlocked lake. Northern pike, largemouth bass bluegills and ciscos inhabit the lake. Brown, brook and rainbow trout may also be present. Access to the lake is gained by a 50-foot improved town road, there is also a 50.8 -foot unimproved plattedaccess road. There are six cottages on the take at present. Mallards and bluewing teal may nest here.
Surface Acres = 90, S.D.F.= 1.26, Maximum Depth= 102 ft., M.P.A.=26
Date
Author Aquatic Biologist
Historical Description
Available information indicates that this seepage lake presently has excellent water quality.
Protection measures should receive high priority for the future management of Lower Pine
Lake. The encouragement of a lake organization, the recruitment of a self-help volunteer and
high priority for a water quality monitoring lakes planning grant would be desireable
management goals for this waterbody.
Date 1992
Author Surface Water Inventory Of Wisconsin
Condition
Wisconsin has over 84,000 miles of streams, 15,000 lakes and milllions of acres of wetlands. Assessing the condition of this vast amount of water is challenging. The state's water monitoring program uses a media-based, cross-program approach to analyze water condition. An updated monitoring strategy (2015-2020) is now available. Compliance with Clean Water Act fishable, swimmable standards are located in the Executive Summary of Water Condition in 2018. See also the 'monitoring and projects' tab.
Reports
Management Goals
Wisconsin's Water Quality Standards provide qualitative and quantitative goals for waters that are protective of Fishable, Swimmable conditions [Learn more]. Waters that do not meet water quality standards are considered impaired and restoration actions are planned and carried out until the water is once again fishable and swimmable
Management goals can include creation or implementation of a Total Maximum Daily Load analysis, a Nine Key Element Plan, or other restoration work, education and outreach and more. If specific recommendations exist for this water, they will be displayed below online.
Monitoring
Monitoring the condition of a river, stream, or lake includes gathering physical, chemical, biological, and habitat data. Comprehensive studies often gather all these parameters in great detail, while lighter assessment events will involve sampling physical, chemical and biological data such as macroinvertebrates. Aquatic macroinvertebrates and fish communities integrate watershed or catchment condition, providing great insight into overall ecosystem health. Chemical and habitat parameters tell researchers more about human induced problems including contaminated runoff, point source dischargers, or habitat issues that foster or limit the potential of aquatic communities to thrive in a given area. Wisconsin's Water Monitoring Strategy was recenty updated.
Grants and Management Projects
Monitoring Projects
WBIC | Official Waterbody Name | Station ID | Station Name | Earliest Fieldwork Date | Latest Fieldwork Date | View Station | View Data |
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2479900 | Lower Pine Lake | 10018325 | Lower Pine Lake -- Access | 7/5/2005 | 8/2/2024 | Map | Data |
2479900 | Lower Pine Lake | 10004872 | Lower Pine Lake | 8/7/2001 | 6/25/2024 | Map | Data |
2479900 | Lower Pine Lake | 493077 | Lower Pine Lake - Deep Hole | 5/6/1996 | 7/17/2024 | Map | Data |
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Watershed Characteristics
Lower Pine Lake is located in the Lower Apple River watershed which is 202.16 miĀ². Land use in the watershed is primarily forest (31.20%), agricultural (28.20%) and a mix of grassland (25.70%) and other uses (14.80%). This watershed has 151.64 stream miles, 4,391.99 lake acres and 9,095.80 wetland acres.
Nonpoint Source Characteristics
This watershed is ranked High for runoff impacts on streams, Medium for runoff impacts on lakes and High for runoff impacts on groundwater and therefore has an overall rank of High. This value can be used in ranking the watershed or individual waterbodies for grant funding under state and county programs.This water is ranked High Lake for individual Lakes based on runoff problems and the likelihood of success from project implementation.