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Frequently Asked Questions (PDF
may be downloaded here - requires Adobe Acrobat)
- What is the current watershed project?
A Lake Protection grant application to provide funding for the 2008-10
period was
submitted to the DNR in late April 2007 and approved in late June 2007.
The grant-funded project is
"Creating regional watershed based groundwater, hydraulic, and nutrient
models for local-scale use in the Upper St Croix – Eau Claire Rivers
Watershed."
The
project scope and deliverables were updated in January 2008.
- What is the geographical scope of the watershed project?
The Upper St. Croix - Eau Claire Rivers
watershed (hydrologic) boundary is being used as defined by this
watershed map.
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Which organizations are participating as watershed project partners?
- Barnes/Eau Claire Lakes Area Property Owners Association
- Friends of the St. Croix Headwaters
- Gordon/St. Croix Flowage Association
- University of Wisconsin Stevens Point Center for Watershed Science
and Education
- Upper St. Croix Lake Association
- West Wisconsin Land Trust
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
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What is the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that the watershed
project partners have signed?
USCWA MOU 1-2008
(requires Adobe Acrobat)
- Which lakes are being included in the project surface- and
ground-water monitoring effort?
The lake list will be available by August 1, 2008.
- Which river and stream sites are being included in the
project monitoring and assessment effort?
Eight 2008 sites have been selected. A map can be downloaded
here (requires Adobe Reader)
Primary sites (water samples taken every two weeks)
- St. Croix River - below the Gordon Dam
- St. Croix River - Old Highway 53 bridge (east side of St. Croix
Flowage)
- St. Croix River - Cut-Away Road bridge
- Eau Claire River - just upstream from the confluence with the St.
Croix River
Secondary sites (water samples taken once a month)
- Spring Creek - Twin Bridges Trail Road (near confluence with Lord
Creek)
- Lower Ox Creek - Flat Lake Road
- Eau Claire River - East Mail Road (near Mooney Dam)
- Eau Claire River - Outlet Bay Road (between Upper and Middle Eau
Claire Lakes)
Note: Upper St. Croix Lake tributary stream sites
are not included as they are being monitored under a separate Lake
Management grant.
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Which critical and sensitive area sites are
being included in the project monitoring and assessment effort?
DNR
Water Body Identification Code (WBIC)
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Beauregard Lake - Douglas County
2452400
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Birch
Lake - Bayfield County 2743200
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Bony
Lake - Bayfield County
2742500
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Cranberry Lake - Bayfield County
2741700
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Devils
Lake - Bayfield County
2742800
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East
Twin Lake - Douglas County
2462400
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Eau Claire Lake,
Lower - Bayfield/Douglas County
2741600
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Eau Claire Lake,
Middle - Bayfield County
2742100
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Eau Claire Lake,
Upper - Bayfield County
2742700
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Robinson Lake - Bayfield County
2743300
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Shunenberg Lake - Bayfield County
2743600
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St.
Croix/Gordon Flowage - Douglas County
2740300
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Swett
(Sweet) Lake - Bayfield County
2743700
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Upper
St. Croix Lake - Douglas County
2747300
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West
Twin Lake - Douglas County 2599000
- Which watershed lakes have historically had aquatic
plant inventories?
Aquatic plant inventory (by plant by lake) can be downloaded
here (requires Adobe Reader)
DNR
Water Body Identification Code (Number of aquatic
species found) EWM=Eurasian Water Milfoil, CLP=Curly Leaf
Pondweed, Tier 1=qualitative visual survey, operating a small boat in a
"zig-zag" fashion through the littoral zone of the lake, Tier 2=
point-intercept survey using predefined lat-long survey points and
handheld GPS
to locate points
- Beauregard Lake - Douglas County
2452400 Tier 1 (13)
- Birch Lake - Bayfield County
2743200 Tier 2 (16)
- Bony Lake - Bayfield County 2742500 Tier 2 (21)
- Breakfast Lake - Bayfield County
2454800 Tier 1 (8)
- Cranberry Lake - Bayfield County
2741700 Tier 2 (17)
- Devils Lake - Bayfield County
2742800 Tier 2 (23)
- Eau Claire Lake, Lower - Bayfield/Douglas County
2741600 Tier 2
(15)
- Eau Claire Lake, Middle - Bayfield County
2742100 Tier 2 (17)
- Eau Claire Lake, Upper - Bayfield County
2742700 Tier 2 (23)
- Ellison Lake - Bayfield/Douglas County
2463300 Tier 1 (19)
- George Lake - Bayfield County
2465700 Tier 1 (13)
- Hay Lake - Bayfield County 2468600 Tier 1 (13)
- Island Lake - Bayfield County
2470800 Tier 1 (13)
- Kelly Lake - Bayfield County 2472000 Tier 1 (8)
- Loon Lake - Douglas County 2479000 Tier 1 (15)
- Murray Lake - Douglas County 2485000 Tier 1 (14)
- Ole Lake - Bayfield County 2487100 Tier 1 (9)
- Pickerel Lake - Bayfield County
2189200 Tier 1 (13)
- Robinson Lake - Bayfield County
2743300 Tier 2 (25)
- Rock Lake - Bayfield County 2492800 Tier 1 (9)
- Sand Bar Lake Bayfield 2494900 Tier 1&2 (9 plus EWM)
- Sand Lake - Douglas County 2495300 Tier 1 (14)
- Shunenberg Lake - Bayfield County
2743600 Tier 2 (13)
- Smith Lake - Bayfield County
2743500 Tier 2 (13)
- St. Croix/Gordon Flowage - Douglas County
2740300 Tier 2 (56 plus EWM plus
CLP)
- Swett (Sweet) Lake - Bayfield County
2743700 Tier 2 (14)
- Tomahawk Lake - Bayfield County
2501700 Tier 1&2 (16 plus EWM)
- Turtle Lake - Bayfield County
2502900 Tier 1 (7)
- Which watershed lakes have historically been
monitored as part of the DNR Self-Help program?
DNR Water Body Identification
Code (WBIC)
- Beauregard Lake - Douglas County2452400
- Bony Lake - Bayfield County
2742500
- Eau Claire Lake, Lower - Bayfield/Douglas
County 2741600
- Eau Claire Lake, Middle - Bayfield
County 2742100
- Eau Claire Lake, Upper - Bayfield
County 2742700
- Ellison Lake - Bayfield County
2463300
- George Lake - Bayfield County
2465700
- Island Lake (T45n R09w S18) -
Bayfield County 2470800
- Kelly Lake - Bayfield County
2472000
- Muck Lake - Bayfield County
2483800
- Robinson Lake - Bayfield County
2743300
- Sand Bar Lake - Bayfield County
2494900
- St. Croix/Gordon Flowage - Douglas
County 2740300
- Swett (Sweet) Lake - Bayfield
County 2743700
- Tomahawk Lake - Bayfield County
2501700
- Turtle Lake - Bayfield County
2502900
- Upper St. Croix Lake - Douglas
County 2747300
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