Draft 2015 Water Plan Update - Lake of the Woods Soil and Water

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LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY
LOCAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
2010 – 2020: 2015 AMENDMENT
Prepared by:
Lake of the Woods Soil and Water Conservation District
And
Lake of the Woods County Water Plan Task Force Committee
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LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY WATER PLAN
2010-2020: 2015 AMENDMENT
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements and Committee Members
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SWCD Organization
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I. Executive Summary:
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County Background
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Water Plan Strategies
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Accomplishment Highlights 2010-2014
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II. Implementation Plan:
Table 1
Priority Concerns Summary of Actions
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1. Erosion and Sedimentation
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2. Land Use Management
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3. Sewage Treatment Systems
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4. Water Quality
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5. Education
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Table 2
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Implementation Schedule
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Attachment A. Acronyms
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Attachment B. References
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY WATER PLAN COMMITTEE
The Lake of the Woods County Water Plan Committee, a standing committee of local and
state agency representatives and private citizens concerned about natural resources, is
responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Lake of the Woods County
Comprehensive Local Water Management Plan. The Water Plan Committee was primarily
responsible for providing input for the 2015 Amendment to the Lake of the Woods County
Water Plan 2010-2020. They will meet on an annual basis to review issues and progress of
staff activities.
The 2009 committee members are listed below.
Members:
Affiliation
Todd Beckel
Tom Hanson
Marshall Nelson
Russel Hansen
Joel Hanson
City Council Member
Bruce Hasbargen
Chad Severts
Cary Hernandez
Dan Thul
Phil Talmage
Derek Crompton
Kelly Voigt
Tom Kratzke
Nick Painovich
Dave Marhula
Vern James
Jenny Moorman
LOW County Commissioner
SWCD Supervisor
SWCD Supervisor
Baudette City Council
Williams City Council
LOW County Public Works Dept.
Board of Water and Soil Resources
MN Pollution Control Agency
DNR Eco-Waters
DNR Fisheries
U of M Extension Service
Natural Resources Conservation Service
LOW Tourism Board / Member at Large
Resort Owner / Member at Large
Realtor / Member at Large
Animal Ag Producer / Member at Large
Educator / Member at Large
The 2014 committee members are listed below.
Members:
Affiliation
Tom Hanson
Buck Nordlof
Russel Hansen
John Sonstegard
Steve Johnson
Tim Erickson
Chad Severts
Cary Hernandez
Dan Thul
Phil Talmage
Scott Laundenslager
Kelly Voigt
Nick Painovich
Dave Marhula
Jim Frohreich
Jenny Moorman
SWCD Supervisor
SWCD Supervisor
Baudette City Council
LOW County Public Works Dept.
MN Pollution Control Agency
DNR Eco-Waters
DNR Fisheries
DNR Wildlife
Resort Owner / Member at Large
Realtor / Member at Large
Animal Ag Producer / Member at Large
Educator / Member at Large
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LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
DISTRICT
The Lake of the Woods Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is the Local
Government Unit (LGU) responsible for the local water management plan/program. The
SWCD has administered the local water plan and coordinated water plan activities since
2004. Prior to 2004 the Land and Water Planning Office had the responsibility since the
plan’s beginning in 1992. Many individual volunteers, local, state and federal groups have
been active participants during the past couple of decades. Below is a list of current SWCD
supervisors, staff and NRCS staff.
Lake of the Woods SWCD Board Members:
John Sonstegard, Chair District 1
Russel Hansen, Treasurer District 2
Frank Sindelir, Vice-Chair District 3
Roger Krause, Public Relations District 4
Nancy Dunnell, Secretary District 5
Lake of the Woods SWCD and NRCS Staff:
Josh Stromlund, District Manager
Mike Hirst, Resource Technician
Corryn Trask, Resource Technician
Becky Buegler, Office Assistant
Kelly Voigt, NRCS District Conservationist
Jane Hafvenstein, NRCS Soil Conservation Technician
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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this plan is to identify existing and potential problems and opportunities
for the protection, management and development of water and related land resources;
develop objectives and carry out a plan of action to promote sound and efficient
management of water and related land resource and environmental protection strategies.
This plan addresses the water and related land resource issues across the entire county,
regardless of jurisdictional, political, municipal or watershed boundaries. The county has
gathered and studied available information relating to the physical environment,
including, but not restricted to, the surface and groundwater resources, and their related
land use. This plan is based on key economic and environmental principles which should
provide a means of consistency across the county and is consistent with other state,
regional or local planning processes. It addresses ground and surface water and those
activities that may influence water quality or quantity.
The plan incorporates the top five priority concerns that were developed through the
scoping process in 2009. The concerns identified are on a county-wide basis, however,
when necessary or applicable, will be implemented on a watershed level. The process
through which these priority concerns were identified is further detailed in the Lake of
the Woods County Local Water Management Plan 2010 – 2020 Update contained in
Attachment B. These concerns and their objectives are summarized in the following
paragraphs.
This plan was written under the delegated authority of the Lake of the Woods County
Board of Commissioners and covers the period from January, 2010 to January, 2020,
with a review and update of the goals and implementation strategy scheduled for 2015.
The Lake of the Woods County Water Plan Committee is responsible for overseeing the
implementation of this plan. The Water Plan Committee is a diverse group of individuals
ranging from private and government sectors that assisted in the establishment of the
goals and objectives of the plan. Much progress has been made over the last two decades
to protect and restore water resources, and it is the intent of the Water Plan Committee,
Lake of the Woods SWCD, Lake of the Woods County, and this plan, to actively
continue these efforts.
County Background
Lake of the Woods County is the youngest county in the state of Minnesota. The county was
organized on November 28, 1922, when a vote by area residents separated the northern
townships from Beltrami County. On January 1, 1923, the county officially began operations
at its county seat in Baudette. The county includes the Northwest Angle, the northernmost
point of the Lower 48 States. The county also includes the U.S. portion of Lake of the
Woods. The county is bordered by two Canadian provinces, Manitoba and Ontario, and three
Minnesota counties, Roseau, Beltrami, and Koochiching.
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The land area the county occupies was created largely by several periods of glaciation, and
was once covered by glacial Lake Agassiz. The county is on the southern edge of the
Canadian Shield, is generally flat, sloping very gradually toward the Rainy River and Lake of
the Woods, with scattered bedrock outcrops and glacial lake beach deposits. Lake of the
Woods is the dominant water feature, covering 1,679 square miles in Minnesota and Canada.
The lake contains over 14,000 islands.
The county is sparsely populated. With a total land area of approximately 1,297 square miles
and a population of 4,045 (2010), the county averages only 3.1 people per square mile. Most
of the population is concentrated in relatively small areas of the county, mainly near the
shoreline of the Rainy River and Lake of the Woods, in Baudette (pop. 1106) and Williams
(pop. 191), and to a lesser degree along major thoroughfares.
The county has a total area of approximately 1,136,918 acres. The area breakdown is as
follows: Lake of the Woods comprises 306,393 acres (27%), wetlands 708,591 (62%) and
upland 121,934 (11%). The land ownership within the county is: state or federally owned
489,820 (59%), reservation lands 110,003 (13%), private lands 227,534 (27.5%), and the
remaining amount (.5%) is comprised of publicly owned land through the City of Baudette or
Lake of the Woods County.
Land use in many instances has been dictated by land suitability and public water access
considerations. The number of tourists in the area can range anywhere from 500 to over 1200
people on any given day. In addition to the county’s permanent residents, seasonal
residences are increasing in number and contribute to development pressures along Lake of
the Woods, the Rainy River, and its tributaries. In some areas in the county, land use has
shifted from marginally productive agricultural to recreational. Even the vast acreage of
wetlands, peat bogs, and areas of non-merchantable timber are utilized for a varied number of
recreational uses including hunting and snowmobiling. Wetlands and other undeveloped
areas also protect water quality in the County’s many streams and rivers, as well as Lake of
the Woods. More recent economic trends with increased crop commodity prices have shifted
the land use from perennial crops to annual crops. This trend has also spurred an increase in
re-opening of idle crop land and installation of tile drainage on the landscape.
The main industries of the area are tourism, forestry and agriculture. Tourism revolves
around the Lake of the Woods fishery, hence Lake of the Woods County has a vested interest
in water quality. The forested lands of the County are a major supplier of pulp wood to
several local sawmills of economic importance to county residents and the Boise Inc. paper
mill in International Falls, MN, 70 miles to the east. Agricultural lands contribute
substantially to the economic stability of the County. Currently there are less than 30
registered feedlots in the county. Small grains, soybeans, grass seed, and oil seed are the
main agricultural products for this area.
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Water Plan Strategies
The primary focus for the Lake of the Woods County Water Plan is to identify existing and
potential problems, and then utilize opportunities for the protection, management, and
development of land and water resources. The plan, through the planning process, develops
action plans to promote sound natural resource management to carry out the plan’s
objectives. The original water plan was adopted in 1992, revised in 1997, 2002 and 2010.
This document is an amendment to the 2010 water plan.
The major strategic goal of this water plan will be to assist local units of government,
landowners and other interested groups with making wise land and water resource decisions
regarding potential impacts to water quality. In conjunction with the priorities of the water
plan, many of the strategies include the use of technologies like geographical information
systems and LIDAR to assist in making better natural resource management decisions. This
additional information will provide a means to refine the focus of future priorities to answer
questions regarding the impact to surface waters from land and water use changes.
Lake of the Woods County Water Plan Accomplishment Highlights, 2010-2014
1. LIDAR data was acquired in 2010 for the entire county to assist in locating areas
prone to flooding and to help assist with remediation projects.
2. Installation of half a dozen shoreline stabilization and protection projects utilizing the
State Cost Share Program and other funds.
3. Completed the Bostic & Zippel Creeks Watershed Assessment developed by the
NRCS Water Resource Staff. Projects implemented through a direct result of this
assessment so far include the installation of sidewater inlets, gully stabilization and
ditch stabilization projects.
4. Reconstruct Judicial Ditch 28 in 2009 using a two stage ditch design developed by
the JPB engineer in the Bostic Watershed.
5. Sealed 25 abandoned wells through the well sealing cost share program.
6. Preserved 640 acres of wetland surrounded by the Graceton Wildlife Management
Area through the wetland banking program.
7. Completed a rain garden demonstration site at the Depot in Baudette in 2012.
8. Hazardous Waste Collection Days have provided education to county residents on the
proper disposal of household hazardous wastes.
9. Funding secured for the Wheeler’s Point Sanitary District sewer system.
10. Training, education and outreach efforts for aquatic invasive species have been held
for residents, tourists, resorts/businesses and bait harvesters.
11. Watercraft inspectors staff public accesses to educate and inform the public about
aquatic invasive species.
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12. New subdivision language in revised Ordinance was completed in 2011.
a. New subdivision language allows for "Conservation Subdivisions" and other
alternatives such as standards for Planned Unit Developments which
encourage increased setbacks and other alternatives for new developments.
b. Existing ordinances were amended to regulate common interest communities.
c. Lot size has been increased for non-lakeshore lots.
13. Completed a shoreline erosion study with funding from the Environmental Protection
Agency in 2013.
14. Completion of components of the Lake of the Woods Watershed Restoration &
Protection Strategy: Watershed Conditions Report, Terrain Analysis & HSPF model.
15. Initial Fisheries Stream Survey on the Rapid River was completed by the Department
of Natural Resources Fisheries office in 2012.
16. Bathymetry of Bostic and Zippel Bays were collected in 2013.
17. Completed surveys of Pine and Curry’s Islands biannually in 2011 through 2014 to
determine erosion and sediment movement.
18. Re-determined watershed boundaries through the International Joint Commission
Data Harmonization Project and the Lake of the Woods Watershed Restoration and
Protection Strategies project.
19. Historical ditch record modernization efforts have included the scanning and
organizing of historic ditch record documents
20. Local representation participating at the Lake of the Woods Control Board and the
International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Control Board.
21. Formation of a Keep It Clean committee in 2012 to reduce the amount of litter left on
Lake of the Woods during the winter ice angling season.
22. Formation of the Agassi Low Lands Environmental Learning Area School Forest in
2009 and development of outdoor education programs.
23. Formation of a Lake of the Woods County Drainage Committee in 2014.
24. Formation of a committee to develop an aquatic invasive species management plan
for Lake of the Woods County in 2014.
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II. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
The development of the Lake of the Wood County Water Plan addresses the local priority
concerns. Actions outlined in the implementation plan will be accomplished by utilizing
multiple funding sources. These funding sources include, but are not limited to: Water Plan
Funding, the 2008 Constitutional Amendment, grants and partnerships. These newly
available funding sources recognize the importance of Minnesota’s water resources and will
provide opportunities for water quality/quantity related enhancement, protection, and
prevention projects. The Water Plan Committee is committed to help define the role of the
Clean Water Legacy and the Constitutional Amendment with the protection of Lake of the
Woods County’s natural resources.
Table 1.
Priority Concerns
Summary of Priority and Objective Topics
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1: Erosion and Sedimentation
A: Lake of the Woods Lakeshore
B: Lake of the Woods Water Level Management
C: Rivers
D: Ditch Systems
E: Flood Damage Reduction
F: Buffers and Riparian Corridors
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2: Land Use Management
A: Development Pressures & Shoreland Impacts
B: Ordinance Updates and Revisions
C: Increased Utilization of GIS as a Resource Management Tool
D: Protect Unique Features and Areas of High Public Value
E: Development of a Recreational Management Plan
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3: Sewage Treatment Systems and Other Potential Sources of Water Contamination
A: Wheeler’s Point Community System
B: Areas of Concern (Rocky Point, Birch Beach, Sandy Shores, Bostic, & Islands)
C: Other Pollution Risks
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4: Water Quality
A: Surface Water
B: Groundwater
C: Wetlands
D: Stormwater
E: Invasive & Exotic Species
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5: Education
A: Local Natural Resources Education
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1. Erosion and Sedimentation:
Erosion and sedimentation in ditches, watercourses, and wetlands has been a major concern
for Lake of the Woods County. The county has an extremely flat landscape that was
ditched extensively in the early 1900’s for agricultural production. Many of the ditch
systems within the county have had little or no maintenance or best management practices
installed. Only two ditch systems in the county are assessed for benefits, County Ditch 1
and County Ditch 2. In the Rapid River Watershed, historical straightening of the river
and several abandoned ditches contribute to increased flashiness of the watershed resulting
in increased erosion of streambanks.
In the last fifteen years our area has been in a wetter than average precipitation cycle. This
has caused flooding events, especially in 2002 and 2014. Major flood events eroded ditches,
drainages, and shoreline while depositing sediment in watercourses, impeding both
drainage and navigability of waterways. Many of the resorts located on tributaries to Lake
of the Woods continually dredge to gain access to the channel.
Lake of the Woods is a reservoir. Dams in International Falls and Kenora control the
inflow and outflow of water. Since 1916 the lake has been controlled at approximately 2.5
to 3 feet higher than natural levels. Rainfall events, spring runoff, and controlled higher
water levels have significantly eroded the shoreline on Lake of the Woods. Specifically, the
southern shore of Lake of the Woods, including Pine and Curry Islands, has endured
extensive erosion and loss of shoreline.
Factors to Gauge Erosion and Sedimentation:
Loss of shoreline / Historic aerial photos
Navigability of waterways / Bathymetry
Continuous dredging and ditch maintenance projects
Flood events / infrastructure damage
Water clarity
Objective A: Lake of the Woods Lakeshore
Reduce shoreline erosion on Lake of the Woods. Protect water quality, the Lake of the
Woods fishery, and the local economy.
Actions to be taken:
1. Implement shoreline stabilization projects utilizing completed inventories.
2. Review the existing typical shoreline stabilization design and update.
3. Conduct education workshops for landowners and contractors promoting proper shoreline
protection methods.
4. Assess potential impacts to shoreline and navigational channel of further loss of these islands.
Through this assessment determine need for study, monitoring and implementation projects
on Pine and Curry's Islands to protect these barrier islands.
5. Complete groin mapping on southern shore and shoal mapping at Morris Point. This
information will assist with sediment supply and movement assessments and with permitting.
6. Preserve navigable harbors by ensuring the harbors constructed by the ACOE are maintained
through the ACOE Operational and Maintenance Plans.
Potential Funding Sources: BWSR State Cost Cost-Share, EQIP, 319 Grant, Clean Water Legacy,
Lessard-Sams, IJC IWI, USACE
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Implementation Responsibility: Lead: SWCD, DNR, DNR Eco-Waters, USACE, JPB,
LWPO, USACE, Water Plan Committee
Supporting: BWSR
Objective B: Lake of the Woods Water Level Management
Advocate a change in the management of Lake of the Woods water levels, taking into
consideration local priorities and effects of sustained high water levels on the southern shore.
1. Encourage the governments of the United States and Canada to provide a reference to study
water levels on Lake of the Woods and revise the 1925 Convention and Protocol to better
account for various interests, effects of post-glacial isostatic adjustment and climate change.
2. Evaluate the operating water level on Lake of the Woods to assess if there is a need for
change in the future due to shoreline loss, climate change patterns and isostatic rebound.
3. Synchronize water level gauges on LOW and upstream to Manitou Rapids on the Rainy River
to the same elevation and seek an evaluation of the method for determining the mean lake
level and the distribution of lake gauges utilized in making water level management decisions
on Lake of the Woods.
4. Establish a permanent, real time, water level monitoring gauge in the Morris Point area to
measure local fluctuations and wind setup to better understand the erosion processes on the
southern shore.
5. Actively participate and provide input to the International Joint Commission, Lake of the
Woods Control Board and the International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Board.
6. Establish a volunteer lake level monitoring program to assist the Lake of the Woods Control
Board with management decisions.
Potential Funding Sources: IJC IWI, DNR, MPCA, WQ POS, CWF
Implementation Responsibility: Lead: SWCD, LWPO, DNR Eco-Waters, DNR
Supporting: LOW County, LWCB, IJC, IRLWWB, IMA-TAC,
MPCA,USGS, NRCan, ACOE, LWWSF, BWSR
Objective C: Rivers
Reduce erosion and sedimentation through education and project implementation. Continue
sedimentation investigation and implementation of corrective measures on Zippel Bay, Bostic
Bay and other tributaries to the Rainy River and Lake of the Woods.
1. Implement shoreline stabilization projects and provide education, workshops, and cost-share
programs to assist landowners. Shoreline erosion problems will be prioritized through
utilizing inventories and assessments.
2. Implement solutions to address watershed erosion and sedimentation problems by utilizing
the recommendations from the 2013 Bostic & Zippel Creeks Watershed Assessment, NRCS.
3. Study the Bostic Creek watershed to implement hydrological restoration projects.
4. Plan restoration projects on Bostic and Zippel Bays once upstream erosion is adequately
addressed.
5. Participate in Local Work Group to address identified erosion and sedimentation issues
through priority implementation, targeted education and technical assistance.
6. Assess log jams in the Rapid River that are contributing to erosion and implement projects to
reduce erosion.
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Potential Funding Sources: SWCD Cost Share, LOW County, NRBG, EQIP, 319 Grant,
Clean Water Fund, DNR, MPCA, Lessard Sams, CSP, WRAPS
Implementation Responsibility: Lead: SWCD, DNR, LWPO, PWD, LWG, NRCS
Supporting: BWSR
Objective D: Ditch Systems
Reduce erosion and sedimentation in ditches, watercourses, and wetlands to decrease
drainage maintenance costs and frequency.
1. Update and implement a drainage management plan and policy for Lake of the Woods
County utilizing the drainage committee.
2. Educate and encourage landowners, county drainage committee and government officials on
BMP's for maintenance of ditches and conservation practices that can be used along ditches,
watercourses and wetlands.
3. Encourage the county drainage authority to have mandatory tile maps submitted for every tile
installation in the county to complete tile drainage inventory.
4. Reduce erosion and sedimentation in the Bostic and Zippel Watersheds by executing the
recommendations from the Bostic and Zippel Watershed Assessment Project developed by
the NRCS Water Resource Staff and WRAPS process.
5. Utilized the County Ditch One sidewater inlet inventory to replace sidewater inlets in failing
or poor condition within the County Ditch One infrastructure. Continue to update the
inventory.
6. Stabilize agricultural drainage outlets that flow into the County State Aid Highway 17
drainage ways.
7. Continue to update the culvert inventory that was completed in 2010. Updates needed
include: new / replaced culverts and elevations.
8. Complete drainage record digital inventory.
9. Educate landowners and agriculture producers on the existence and extents of right-of-ways
to assist in drainage infrastructure management.
10. Research options and prioritize areas for redetermination of benefits of public drainage
systems.
11. Prevent public infrastructure damage by maintaining funding for local beaver control.
Potential Funding Sources: Clean Water Fund, LOW County, SWCD, EQIP, 319 Grant,
NRBG, CSP, MPCA, NW MN Foundation
Implementation Responsibility: Lead: LOW PWD, SWCD, NRCS, DNR, County
Drainage Authority
Supporting: LWPO, LOW MIS-GIS, DNR, MPCA,
BWSR
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Objective E: Flood Damage Reduction
Reduce economic and environmental damages caused by high precipitation events and
overland flooding. Inventory flooding problems, research and summarize hydrologic
data, and determine corrective actions.
1. Protect existing infrastructure below the federal flowage easement of 1064 foot elevation on
Lake of the Woods. Also ensure new infrastructure is not installed below this elevation.
2. Develop a county drainage maintenance plan to address flood damage reduction.
3. Target specific locations and sub-watersheds with a history or potential for flooding and
related damage by organizing and documenting 2002 and 2014 flood events.
4. Target and prioritize necessary improvements in public drainage infrastructure utilizing the
CWF Drainage Inventory Grant
5. Target ditch systems providing little or no benefit that could be abandoned to alleviate
flooding potential and restore hydrology.
6. Re-determine watershed boundaries through WRAPS process. Include utilizing the tile and
drainage inventories to update watershed boundaries.
7. Utilize the HSPF model and the WRAPS to review and organize existing site data to perform
hydrologic modeling for rainfall events.
8. Explore the options to protect and enhance the county's watershed resources by creating a
Watershed District or other entity to assist the county with their stormwater planning needs.
9. Target locations with the potential to reduce peak flows using methods such as meandering
channels, drainage water management, and tiled fields.
Potential Funding Sources: LOW County, 319 Grant, Clean Water Fund, DNR, WRAPS
Implementation Responsibility: Lead: LOW PWD, SWCD, LWPO, DNR, Drainage
Committee, MPCA, LOW County
Supporting: LOW MIS-GIS, BWSR, EMO
Objective F: Buffers and Riparian Corridors
Utilize buffers and riparian corridors to reduce erosion and provide wildlife benefit.
1. Inventory areas eligible for filter strips, field borders or riparian buffers utilizing GIS and
outputs of the WRAPS process to prioritize sites on erosion, water quality and public value.
2. Identify alternative buffer strip options for landowners, including the development of a local
buffer strip cost share program, the application of the state standard and the enforcement of
50 foot buffers along DNR Public Waters.
3. Establish riparian corridors and buffers along intermittent or continuous flow rivers and
streams.
4. Contact qualifying landowners to encourage buffers, filter strips and field border installation
and inform them of the importance of the BMPs and associated funding opportunities.
Potential Funding Sources: WRP, EQIP, RIM, LCCMR, USACE Section 206 Grant,
NRBG, LOW County, Clean Water Fund
Implementation Responsibility: Lead: NRCS, FSA, SWCD, PWD, County Drainage
Authority
Supporting: BWSR, LWPO, DNR
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2. Land Use Management:
Lake of the Woods County has started to experience more development pressures from
recreational and seasonal residents. Current patterns of development are shifting further
north in the state. Lake of the Woods County, containing Lake of the Woods, Rainy River
and all of their tributaries, is definitely experiencing this development pressure. Most of the
developable property along the Rainy River and Lake of the Woods has been developed.
Shoreland and non-shoreland property that was deemed marginal in the past is now being
sought after for potential future development. Large tracts of land that have been held by
various private entities are now being subdivided and sold into much smaller land holdings.
This action increases the difficulty of conducting sound land management practices.
The water level management on Lake of the Woods is of great importance to the natural
resources of the area. The Soil and Water Conservation District with cooperation with
Lake of the Woods County, is researching how water level management activities affects
shoreline erosion and loss of endangered species habitat on Lake of the Woods.
This section identifies some of the most pressing land use and development concerns and
outlines various actions that can be taken to address them. The overall goal of this priority
concern is to work with local, state, provincial, and federal government officials, the public,
and staff to plan for future land use pressures while preserving and enhancing water
quality and natural resources.
Factors impacting local water resources:
Development pressures
Wetlands
Managed lake levels
Degradation of high valued natural resources
Objective A: Development Pressures & Shoreland Impacts
Improve land use planning efforts in order to reduce future economic and environmental
impacts from high water events, failing septic systems, and shoreline erosion.
1. Clarify control access lot language in Zoning Ordinance.
2. Identify potential concerns relating to interior lot development on the islands, such as access
to lake, septic systems, wetlands, etc.
3. Develop strategies to assist the Planning Commission, Board of Adjustment, and County
Board with making sound resource decisions.
4. Review shoreland development patterns and current shoreland zoning requirements.
5. Encourage the Planning Commission to increase setbacks and other alternatives for new
developments.
Potential Funding Sources: LOW County, NW MN Foundation, HRDC,
Implementation Responsibility: Lead: LWPO
Supporting: LOW County, DNR, SWCD, HRDC
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Objective B: Ordinance Updates and Revisions
Implement programs that expand site inspections, identify areas weak in enforcement,
and implement common interest community regulations to achieve better regulatory
compliance.
1. Update and revise County Wetland Management Plan.
2. Review and update applicable zoning ordinances taking into consideration areas with known
flooding problems and recent flooding issues.
3. Pursue a change to resort density standards within the ordinance from square footage to
footprints of structures.
4. Encourage the county board to adopt ordinance language that supports septic inspections
mandatory upon sale or transfer of property.
5. Assess the need and benefits for a county feedlot ordinance, develop if deemed necessary.
Funding Sources: NRBG, Inspection fees, LOW County, NW MN Foundation, Clean
Water Fund, 319 Grant
Implementation Responsibility: Lead: LWPO, SWCD
Supporting: DNR, HRDC, MPCA, BWSR, ACOE,
LOW MIS-GIS
Objective C: Increased Utilization of GIS as a Resource Management Tool
Expand existing GIS capabilities and utilization of GIS data in Lake of the Woods County.
1. Continue to update the culvert inventory that was completed in 2010. Updates needed
2. Continue shoreland monumentation and parcel mapping utilizing the county cost share
program to establish monuments.
3. Utilize GIS in making land use planning decisions.
4. Utilize GIS to prioritize and rank protection and restoration projects.
5. Utilize GIS to record permits, project locations and data.
6. Utilize Terrain Analysis and HSPF model information from the Watershed Restoration and
Protection Strategies Projects to assist with land use management decisions.
7. Continue to geo-reference 1940's and 1960's aerial photography.
8. Make data layers available for all resource management professionals in LOW County.
Funding Sources: LOW County, NRBG, 319 Grant, Clean Water Fund,
Implementation Responsibility: Lead: LOW MIS-GIS, LWPO, PWD, SWCD, NRCS
Supporting: HRDC
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Objective D: Protect Unique Features and Areas of High Public Value to Enhance
the County’s Natural Resources and Economic Viability
Prioritize and protect high priority areas of high public value.
1. Inventory and prioritize areas eligible for easements or land acquisition for habitat protection,
resource protection and/or recreational opportunities.
2. Review proposals regulating and utilizing the water flowing into and out of Lake of the
Woods County that may be detrimental to the natural resources of the county.
3. Review and re-determine special protection areas within the county as an alternative to
easements.
Potential Funding Sources: LOW County, NRBG, Clean Water Fund
Supporting: SWCD, DNR, HRDC
Objective E: Recreational Management Plan
Improve management of natural resources in Lake of the Woods County and increase
recreational opportunities.
1. Identify a project lead and organize a stakeholder group.
2. Pursue interest and support for the development of the recreational management plan. The
plan should address the spread of aquatic invasive species and protection of water quality,
wetlands and other sensitive features of the county.
3. Support the development of additional public landings and recreation areas within the county.
4. Work with existing ATV Stakeholder Groups to assist with trail mapping, inventories, and
maintenance.
Potential Funding Sources: NW MN Foundation, U of M Extension, Clean Water Fund,
LOW County, DNR
Implementation Responsibility: Lead: Low County, DNR
Supporting: LWPO, U of M Extension, SWCD, LOW
Tourism Board, DNR, ATV clubs
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3. Sewage Treatment Systems and Other Potential Sources of
Water Contamination:
This priority concern seeks to improve sewage treatment, protect surface and groundwater,
protect public health, and promote planned development. Septic systems can have a major
influence on surface and ground water quality. Properly functioning systems can prevent
degradation of surrounding water resources. Conversely, improperly installed, inadequate,
non-compliant systems pose health and environmental risks. Excess nutrients in surface
water can lead to the promotion of algae growth, poorer water quality, and can pose a
health risk to recreational users. Groundwater can also be affected, specifically in areas
where shallow wells are present.
Lake of the Woods was placed on the Impaired Waters List in 2008 due to nutrient over
enrichment with the primary stressor being phosphorus. The Total Maximum Daily Load
(TMDL) process is currently underway with the final report scheduled for 2016. This
priority seeks to prevent new phosphorus loading and reduce current phosphorus loading
to the lake in order to prevent further degradation of water quality.
Factors to Consider:
Excess nutrients and bacteria
Impacts to ground and surface water quality
Objective A: Wheeler’s Point Community System
Utilize Wheeler’s Point Sanitary District (WPSD) to develop a community sewer system
for the Wheeler’s Point area.
1. Support efforts of the WPSD for the installation and expansion.
2. Support exploration of options for the expansion of the boundaries of the Wheelers Point
Sanitary District.
3. Promotion and education of the benefits following installation of the WPSD.
Potential Funding Sources: USDA Rural Development Grant, WIF, ACOE 569, PFA,
AgBMP.
Implementation Responsibility: Lead: Wheeler’s Point Sanitary District
Supporting: LWPO, Midwest Assistance Program,
MPCA, SWCD, LOW County
Objective B: Areas of Concern (Rocky Point, Birch Beach, Sandy Shores, Bostic
Creek, & the Islands)
Research need and potential for community sewer systems at Rocky Point, Bostic Creek,
and other areas of concern, including future developments.
1. Identify areas of the county potentially in need of community / cluster sewer systems.
2. Hold informational meetings after areas are identified.
3. Promote utilization of community and cluster systems where a surface or ground water
pollution potential exists.
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4. Improve land use planning efforts to address land use changes and emerging concerns.
5. Research feasibility of performance septic systems.
Potential Funding Sources: USDA Rural Development Grant, WIF, ACOE 569, PFA,
AgBMP.
Supporting: Midwest Assistance Program, MPCA, U of
M Extension, SWCD
Objective C: Other Pollution Risks
Continue comprehensive program to inventory substandard on-site sewage treatment
systems that can pollute ground and surface water.
1. Investigate new funding mechanisms to aid in upgrading septic systems and continue with Ag
BMP loans, CWF grants as funding sources.
2. Work with County to develop low interest loan programs for septic system upgrades. This
program would supplement the AgBMP Low Interest Loan program.
3. Educate contractors and realtors on ordinance updates and new rules.
4. Complete and maintain inventory of non-compliant on-site sewage systems.
Potential Funding Sources: LOW County general fund or permit and inspection fees,
AgBMP, MPCA, Clean Water Legacy, 2008 Constitutional Amendment, AgBMP.
Implementation Responsibility: Lead: LWPO, SWCD
Supporting: BWSR
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4. Water Quality
Water Quality for Lake of the Woods County is very important. Surface water quality
relates to both lakes and streams and varies by watershed conditions. Watershed
conditions are negatively affected by excess storm water, loss of wetlands, erosion,
sedimentation, poor agriculture practices, and detrimental land use practices. The effects
of climate change and the installation of tile drainage on water quality are still to be
determined. Determining how these factors affects streams and lakes within the county will
likely be a priority through the next 5 years of this plan.
The Lake of the Woods SWCD has been monitoring priority streams in the county and has
also assisted the MPCA with monitoring in the Rainy River Basin. The data collected is
utilized to prioritize projects and priority areas within the county. Lake of the Woods was
placed on the 2008 impaired waters list under Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act for
excess nutrients.
Maintaining and protecting the quality of Lake of the Woods County’s groundwater
resources is essential to provide long term potable water for human and livestock
consumption as well as providing for a healthy natural environment.
Lake of the Woods County has 80% of its pre-settlement wetlands still intact. The county’s
wetlands are important to water quality and quantity. Over 85% of the land in the county
is categorized as wetland, according to the National Wetlands Inventory.
Combating the spread of invasive species through education and action has become
increasingly vital as the county continues to witness the arrival of new terrestrial and
aquatic invaders. The spiny water flea, zebra mussels, quagga mussels, purple loosestrife,
European buckthorn, and spotted knapweed are just a handful of species that threaten the
area. Although invasives are nothing new to the area, there has been an increase in concern
as individuals become more aware of the harm they cause. Invasive species have far
reaching impacts that are both ecological and economical, and pose threats to the three
main industries of the area: agriculture, tourism and forestry.
Factors to Gauge Water Quality:
Water chemistry and clarity
Nutrient levels
Erosion / Sedimentation
Public health
Invasive species
Objective A: Surface Water
Continue to monitor water quality within the county to help prioritize areas for conservation
programs, education efforts, and/or other implementation projects to maintain or improve water
quality in the county.
1. Work cooperatively with all agencies on watershed assessments to address water quality
issues, including the DNR watershed assessments, MPCA Watershed Restoration and
Protection Strategies and the Lake of the Woods TMDL.
2. Continue coordination with Canadian agencies to address bi-national water quality concerns.
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3. Ensure hazard risk management plans are up to date and adequately addressing transportation
of hazardous materials. Ensure companies have adequate procedures, equipment, staff and
trainings for local fire departments to enable a spill to be cleaned up as safely and quickly as
possible.
4. Reduce feedlot runoff by implementing the Delegated Feedlot Program and by providing
feedlot owners technical and financial assistance.
5. Develop water quality protection and restoration strategies by involving the JPB Shared
Services GIS staff into the WRAPS process.
6. Actively participate in the One Watershed One Plan process and the Watershed Restoration
and Protection Strategy Processes to incorporate this information into the Water Plan.
Potential Funding Sources: NRBG, MPCA, WRAPS, Clean Water Fund, IJC IWI
Implementation Responsibility: Lead: SWCD, LWPO, DNR, EMO, MPCA
Supporting: BWSR, IMA-TAC
Objective B: Groundwater
Protect the quality of the County’s groundwater resources by preventing contamination of
groundwater aquifers. Identify and protect public water supply aquifers by developing
wellhead protection plans for all public water supply systems in the County.
1. Develop demonstration projects with for biofilters and drainage water management structures
to promote BMP's for tile drainage outlets.
2. Acknowledge and support public Drinking Water Management Supply Areas within Lake of
the Woods County. Consider Drinking Water Management Supply Areas and private
groundwater users when making land use decisions.
3. Protect groundwater by continuing abandoned well sealing cost-share programs, update the
1994 unused, unsealed well inventory and educate landowners of the proper procedures and
importance of sealing abandoned wells.
4. Develop and implement a comprehensive source water protection plan as a component of
county-wide water resource and the land use management plan.
5. Work with community and non-community public water suppliers in developing and
implementing drinking water protection activities.
6. When requested by a public water supplier, provide aid in efforts to locate wells for
groundwater modeling efforts undertaken in drinking water protection.
7. Assist eligible entities with Well Head Protection guidelines and developing a wellhead
protection plan.
8. Hold and sponsor an annual well water testing clinic.
9. Assess the potential to share well water testing results from well testing clinic with the MDH
to increase overall knowledge of groundwater resources in northern Minnesota. This will aid
in the development of a water quality database to track contaminants of concern in the
groundwater.
10. Provide education to County residents on the proper disposal of household hazardous wastes.
Make this information readily available to the public.
11. Complete a hydrogeologic atlas to better understand our ground water resources.
Potential Funding Sources: MPCA, City of Baudette, SWCD, LOW County, 319 Grant,
BWSR, PFA, NRBG, BWSR Cost Share, EQIP, Clean Water Funds, EPA, MDH
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Implementation Responsibility: Lead: NRCS, LWPO, SWCD, MN Dept. of Health,
DNR, PWD
Supporting: U of M Extension, MPCA, BWSR, City of
Baudette, Anchor Bay Park, NRCS,
Islands-Resorts
Objective C: Wetlands
Incorporate local values in protecting and enhancing the wetland resources of the county
while improving administration and public awareness of wetland regulations,
characteristics and functions. Take advantage of the opportunity to modify current state
wetland regulations to better reflect the areas unique natural resources and the local
values of wetlands and their functions.
1. Update the County’s Wetland Management Plan to implement WCA and prioritize sites for
wetland banking.
2. Continue coordination between wetland regulatory entities by holding monthly TEP
meetings.
3. Improve public awareness on WCA rules through local media, websites and workshops.
4. Promote wetland regulatory simplification on a state and federal level.
5. Inventory and rank abandoned county and state gravel pits for the possibility to restore or
enhance the landscape for wildlife habitat.
Funding Sources: LOW County, NRBG, Clean Water Fund
Implementation Responsibility: Lead: LWPO, SWCD, PWD
Supporting: HRDC, BWSR, ACOE, NRCS
Objective D: Stormwater
Support and encourage the county and the cities of Baudette and Williams in efforts to
identify and correct problems associated with stormwater runoff. Inventory locations
and correct problems associated with stormwater runoff.
1. Develop a long term plan for stormwater treatment systems for the cities of Baudette and
Williams.
2. Promote and educate individuals, developers, commissioners, and general public on properly
treated stormwater. Utilize rain gardens and sediment ponds in the Birch Beach and Sandy
Shores areas and along the Rainy River.
3. Identify options to evaluate county wide storm water management, including: costs,
management, structure and needed changes to the current system.
4. Utilize TSA GIS staff to assist with stormwater management planning.
5. Explore alternative siting options for the disposal of excess snow in and around the City of
Baudette to better filter salts, debris and pollutants and protect water quality.
6. Research and identify issues associated with flowing wells in relation to stormwater and
drainage.
Funding Sources: MPCA, EPA 319 Grant, LOW County, SWCD, NRBG, Clean Water
Fund.
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Implementation Responsibility: Lead: Cities of Baudette and Williams, PWD, LWPO,
TSA GIS, MNDOT
Supporting: LWPO, MPCA, SWCD, LOW MIS-GIS
Objective E: Invasive and Exotic Species
Prevent the spread of aquatic and terrestrial exotic species in the Lake of the Woods
County.
1. Develop and implement an Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan for Lake of the
Woods County.
2. Research the establishment of boat washing stations at strategic times and locations
throughout the county.
3. Utilize lake service provider education programs to educate local businesses on AIS
prevention.
4. Utilize the International Watershed Coordinator to promote increased efforts to prevent the
spread of AIS.
5. Combat new and existing aquatic and terrestrial invasive species through education efforts.
6. Consider adoption of a Weed Management Area to target efforts for combating terrestrial
invasive species.
7. Compare studies on road salt and calcium chloride applications to current application rates
utilized by the PWD and MNDOT to determine if there is a significant impact to water
quality and/or the creates a habitat more conducive to invasive species.
Potential Funding Sources: MPCA, DNR, EQIP, EPA 319 Grant, Clean Water Fund,
NRBG, BWSR, US Fish and Wildlife
Implementation Responsibility: Lead: DNR, LWPO, SWCD, IWAC
Supporting: LOW Tourism Board, LOW County, U of
M Extension, PWD, MPCA
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5. Education:
Education is a major component of all of the previous priority concerns. In order to raise
the awareness of the role that environmental education plays in maintaining and improving
water resources and other associated natural resources, it is warranted to have education as
a priority of its own. In all cases, education pertaining to the cause and effects of actions to
the surrounding environment is essential to maintaining or improving the quality of Lake of
the Woods County’s water and water related environments.
Target Audiences:
Permanent and seasonal residents / New property owners / Recreational users
Lake and river associations / Contractors / Realtors
Students and staff at local area schools
Objective A: Local Natural Resources Education
Educate students, landowners, and government officials on conservation practices, water
quality, erosion and sedimentation, land use management, ISTS, best management
practices, invasive species, and wetland resources.
1. Agassiz Lowlands Environmental Learning Area and Lake of the Woods School Forest
Programs - continue to support efforts of the Lake of the Woods School Forest Committee to
expand and improve the use of the school forests for environmental learning and outdoor
recreation.
2. Utilize the Keep It Clean Lake of the Woods education program to discourage littering and
encourage stewardship of natural resources.
3. Educate landowners on the 1925 Convention and Protocol for Lake of the Woods and the
flowage easement up to an elevation of 1064 feet on the lake and the County Ordinance of
1065 elevation for structures.
4. Continue to hold annual educational events to promote conservation practices and projects.
5. Continue to encourage and support participation in the Envirothon program for grades 6-12.
6. Continue to provide technical and financial support for the Lake of the Woods School Rainy
River Basin River-Watch Program.
7. Continue to assist and support local educational events including MinnAqua, Take-A-KidFishing and Senior Fishing events.
8. Continue SWCD and DNR involvement in Lake of the Woods school environmental
education projects.
9. Continue Lake of the Woods County Fair Booth Conservation Educational Displays.
10. Continue to publish and distribute a biannual newsletter.
11. Maintain the Lake of the Woods County Soil and Water Conservation District website to
promote Water Plan Activities.
12. Remain informed on forestry best management practices and support logger/landowner
education programs.
Potential Funding Sources: NRBG, DNR, MPCA, Local Sponsors, Clean Water Fund
Implementation Responsibility: Lead: DNR, SWCD, LWPO, U of M Extension
Supporting: LOW School, MPCA, PWD, LOW
Tourism Board, LOW County, BWSR
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Table 2.
Lake of the Woods County Water Plan Implementation Schedule: 2015 Amendment
Priority 1 - Erosion and Sedimentation
Objective A: Lake of the Woods Lakeshore
Timeline
Actions
1. Implement shoreline stabilization projects
utilizing completed inventories.
2015 - Ongoing 2. Review the existing typical shoreline
stabilization design and update.
3. Conduct education workshops for
Ongoing
landowners and contractors promoting proper
shoreline protection methods.
2015-2020
Watershed
Priority Lead Agency
Partners
Lake of the Woods
High
SWCD
LWPO, DNR
Lake of the Woods
High
SWCD, JPB
BWSR
Lake of the Woods
High
SWCD
BWSR
SWCD
2019
4. Assess potential impacts to shoreline and
navigational channel of further loss of these
islands. Through this assessment determine
need for study, monitoring and implementation
projects on Pine and Curry's Islands to protect
these barrier islands.
Lake of the Woods
High
DNR Eco-Waters,
LWPO
2015
5. Complete groin mapping on southern shore Lake of the Woods
and shoal mapping at Morris Point. This
information will assist with sediment supply and
movement assessments and with permitting.
Low
DNR
Ongoing
6. Preserve navigable harbors by ensuring the Lake of the Woods (Warroad, Angle Low
harbors constructed by the ACOE are
Inlet, Zippel, Baudette)
maintained through the ACOE Operational and
Maintenance Plans.
USACE, Water Plan
Committee
Expenses
Fund
$10,000/yr. BWSR State Cost
Share, EQIP, CWF
$1,000/yr. 319 Grant, CWF,
Lessard-Sams, IJC IWI
319 Grant, CWF,
Lessard-Sams
See USACE
"LOW, MN Small
Harbor Economic
Analysis Report"
USACE
Objective B: Lake of the Woods Lake Level Management
Timeline
Actions
Watershed
Partners
2015-2020
1. Encourage the governments of the United
States and Canada to provide a reference to
study water levels on Lake of the Woods and
revise the 1925 Convention and Protocol to
better account for various interests, effects of
post-glacial isostatic adjustment and climate
change.
Lake of the Woods
High
SWCD, LWPO
LOW County, DNR,
MPCA, IJC, LWCB,
IRLWWB, IMA-TAC
IJC IWI, CWF, DNR,
MPCA
2018
2. Evaluate the operating water level on Lake of Lake of the Woods
the Woods to assess if there is a need for
change in the future due to shoreline loss,
climate change patterns and isostatic rebound.
High
DNR, LWPO
DNR, IMA-TAC
IJC IWI
2018
3. Synchronize water level gauges on LOW and Lake of the Woods, Lower Rainy
upstream to Manitou Rapids on the Rainy River
to the same elevation and seek an evaluation of
the method for determining the mean lake level
and the distribution of lake gauges utilized in
making water level management decisions on
Lake of the Woods.
High
SWCD
USGS, NRCan, ACOE,
IJC, IRLWWB,
LWWSF, LWCB, IMATAC
2018
4. Establish a permanent, real time, water level Lake of the Woods
monitoring gauge in the Morris Point area to
measure local fluctuations and wind setup to
better understand the erosion processes on the
southern shore.
High
SWCD, LWPO
USGS, LWCB, DNR,
MPCA, IJC, IRLWWB,
IMA-TAC
Ongoing
5. Actively participate and provide input to the
International Joint Commission, Lake of the
Woods Control Board and the International
Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Board.
Lake of the Woods
High
SWCD, LWPO
LWCB
2015 - 2018
6. Establish a volunteer lake level monitoring
program to assist the Lake of the Woods
Control Board with management decisions.
Lake of the Woods
Medium
SWCD, DNR EcoWaters
USGS, BWSR
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Expenses
Fund
$100,000 IJC IWI, WQ POS
$24,000 IJC IWI
$10,000 CWF
Table 2.
Objective C: Rivers
Timeline
Actions
Partners
Lake of the Woods - Medium
1. Implement shoreline stabilization projects and (Bostic and Zippel - High), Lower
provide education, workshops, and cost-share Rainy - High, Rapid- Medium
programs to assist landowners. Shoreline
erosion problems will be prioritized through
utilizing inventories and assessments.
2. Implement solutions to address watershed
Lake of the Woods
erosion and sedimentation problems by utilizing
the recommendations from the 2013 Bostic &
Zippel Creeks Watershed Assessment, NRCS.
High
SWCD, DNR
LWPO, BWSR
319 Grant, CWF,
NRBG, LOW County
High
SWCD, NRCS
PWD
319 Grant, CWF,
NRBG, LOW County
2015-2020
3. Study the Bostic Creek watershed to
implement hydrological restoration projects.
High
SWCD, DNR, LWPO,
PWD, NRCS
BWSR
DNR, MPCA, CWF
2020
4. Plan restoration projects on Bostic and Zippel Lake of the Woods, Lower Rainy,
Bays once upstream erosion is adequately
Rapid
addressed.
Medium
SWCD, LWPO
DNR
SWCD Cost Share,
LOW County, CWF,
Lessard-Sams, DNR
Ongoing
5. Participate in Local Work Group to address
identified erosion and sedimentation issues
through priority implementation, targeted
education and technical assistance.
Lake of the Woods, Lower Rainy,
Rapid
Medium
NRCS, LWG
SWCD
NRCS: CSP, EQIP
2018-2020
6. Assess log jams in the Rapid River that are
contributing to erosion and implement projects
to reduce erosion.
Rapid
Medium
DNR
SWCD
319 Grant, CWF,
NRBG, LOW County,
WRAPS
2015-2020
2015-2020
Objective D: Ditch Systems
Timeline
Actions
Watershed
Lake of the Woods
Partners
1. Update and implement a drainage
management plan and policy for Lake of the
Rapid
Woods County utilizing the drainage committee.
High
PWD
SWCD, LWPO, LOW
MIS-GIS, NRCS
CWF, County, SWCD,
NRBG, EQIP, CSP
2015-2020
2. Educate and encourage landowners, county
drainage committee and government officials
on BMP's for maintenance of ditches and
conservation practices that can be used along
ditches, watercourses and wetlands.
Rapid
High
PWD, SWCD, NRCS
LWPO
CWF, County, SWCD,
NRBG, EQIP, CSP
2015
3. Encourage the county drainage authority to
have mandatory tile maps submitted for every
tile installation in the county to complete tile
drainage inventory.
Rapid
High
DNR, County
SWCD, NRCS
2015-2020
4. Reduce erosion and sedimentation in the
Lake of the Woods
Bostic and Zippel Watersheds by executing the
recommendations from the Bostic and Zippel
Watershed Assessment Project developed by
the NRCS Water Resource Staff and WRAPS
process.
High
NRCS, SWCD
LWPO, SWCD, NRCS,
DNR, MPCA, PWD
2015-2016
5. Utilized the County Ditch One sidewater inlet Lake of the Woods
inventory to replace sidewater inlets in failing or
poor condition within the County Ditch One
infrastructure. Continue to update the
inventory.
High
PWD, SWCD
PWD, SWCD, BWSR
$100,000 EQIP, CWF
2015
6. Stabilize agricultural drainage outlets that
flow into the County State Aid Highway 17
drainage ways.
High
PWD, SWCD
PWD, SWCD, BWSR
$40,000 EQIP, CWF
Ongoing
7. Continue to update the culvert inventory that Lake of the Woods, Lower Rainy,
was completed in 2010. Updates needed
Rapid
High
PWD
SWCD, LOW MIS-GIS
$1,000/yr. LOW County
2016
8. Complete drainage record digital inventory.
Rapid
9. Educate landowners and agriculture
producers on the existence and extents of right- Rapid
of-ways to assist in drainage infrastructure
management.
High
PWD, SWCD
LWPO
319 Grant, CWF,
High
PWD
LWPO, SWCD, NRCS
LOW County, CWF,
319 Grant, EQIP,
NRBG
2020
10. Research options and prioritize areas for
redetermination of benefits of public drainage
systems.
Rapid
Medium
PWD, Drainage
Authority
Ongoing
11. Prevent public infrastructure damage by
maintaining funding for local beaver control.
Rapid
Medium
PWD
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Expenses
Fund
2015-2017
Ongoing
Watershed
Expenses
Fund
MPCA, 319 Grant,
CWF, County, SWCD,
NRBG, EQIP, CSP
NW MN Foundation
LWPO
$15,000/yr. LOW County, CWF,
319 Grant
Table 2.
Objective E: Flood Damage Reduction
Timeline
Actions
Partners
2015
1. Protect existing infrastructure below the
Lake of the Woods
federal flowage easement of 1064 foot elevation
on Lake of the Woods. Also ensure new
infrastructure is not installed below this
elevation.
High
SWCD, LWPO, PWD
BWSR
2015 - 2020
2. Develop a county drainage maintenance plan
to address flood damage reduction.
3. Target specific locations and sub-watersheds
with a history or potential for flooding and
related damage by organizing and documenting
2002 and 2014 flood events.
Rapid
Rapid
High
PWD
High
PWD, SWCD
LOW MIS-GIS, LWPO,
SWCD
LOW MIS-GIS, LWPO,
NRCS, EMO
2018
4. Target and prioritize necessary
improvements in public drainage infrastructure
utilizing the CWF Drainage Inventory Grant
Rapid
High
SWCD
PWD, LOW MIS-GIS,
LWPO, BWSR
2015-2020
5. Target ditch systems providing little or no
benefit that could be abandoned to alleviate
flooding potential and restore hydrology.
Rapid
High
DNR, LWPO, PWD,
Drainage Committee
LOW MIS-GIS, SWCD
LOW County, CWF,
319 Grant, DNR
2020
6. Re-determine watershed boundaries through Lower Rainy, Rapid
WRAPS process. Include utilizing the tile and
drainage inventories to update watershed
boundaries.
Medium
MPCA
SWCD, LOW MIS-GIS,
LWPO, PWD
WRAPS
2020
7. Utilize the HSPF model and the WRAPS to
Lower Rainy, Rapid
review and organize existing site data to
perform hydrologic modeling for rainfall events.
Medium
SWCD
MPCA
LOW County, CWF,
319 Grant, DNR,
WRAPS
2016
8. Explore the options to protect and enhance
the county's watershed resources by creating a Rapid
Watershed District or other entity to assist the
county with their stormwater planning needs.
Medium
LOW County, SWCD,
Drainage Committee
BWSR
LOW County, CWF,
319 Grant, DNR
2020
9. Target locations with the potential to reduce Lake of the Woods, Lower Rainy,
peak flows using methods such as meandering Rapid
channels, drainage water management, and
tiled fields.
Medium
SWCD
SWCD, LOW MIS-GIS,
LWPO, PWD
LOW County, CWF,
319 Grant, DNR,
2014-2015
Objective F: Buffers and Riparian Corridors
Timeline
Actions
Watershed
Watershed
Expenses
Fund
CWF
$150,000 LOW County, CWF,
319 Grant, DNR
LOW County, CWF,
319 Grant, DNR
$150,000/yr. LOW County, CWF,
319 Grant, DNR,
Partners
Ongoing
1. Inventory areas eligible for filter strips, field
borders or riparian buffers utilizing GIS and
Rapid
outputs of the WRAPS process to prioritize
sites on erosion, water quality and public value.
High
NRCS, FSA
SWCD
EQIP, RIM, WRP,
LCCMR, USACE
Section 206 Grant,
NRBG, CWF
Ongoing
2. Identify alternative buffer strip options for
landowners, including the development of a
local buffer strip cost share program, the
application of the state standard and the
enforcement of 50 foot buffers along DNR
Public Waters.
Rapid
High
NRCS, SWCD, PWD,
Drainage Authority
BWSR, LWPO
EQIP, RIM, WRP,
LCCMR, USACE
Section 206 Grant,
NRBG, CWF, County
Ongoing
3. Establish riparian corridors and buffers along Lake of the Woods, Lower Rainy,
intermittent or continuous flow rivers and
Rapid
streams.
High
NRCS, SWCD
DNR
EQIP, RIM, WRP,
LCCMR, USACE
Section 206 Grant,
NRBG, CWF
Ongoing
4. Contact qualifying landowners to encourage Lake of the Woods, Lower Rainy,
buffers, filter strips and field border installation Rapid
and inform them of the importance of the BMPs
and associated funding opportunities.
High
NRCS
Priority 2 - Land Use Management
Objective A: Development Pressures & Shoreland Impacts
Timeline
Actions
Watershed
2015-2016
2015 - 2020
1. Clarify control access lot language in Zoning Lake of the Woods, Lower Rainy, Ra High
Ordinance.
2. Identify potential concerns relating to interior Lake of the Woods
High
lot development on the islands, such as access
to lake, septic systems, wetlands, etc.
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LWPO
LWPO
Expenses
Fund
EQIP, RIM, WRP,
LCCMR, USACE
Section 206 Grant,
NRBG, CWF
Partners
LOW County, SWCD,
HRDC
LOW County, SWCD,
HRDC
Expenses
Fund
LOW County, NW MN
Foundation, HRDC
LOW County, NW MN
Foundation, HRDC
Table 2.
Timeline
Actions
Partners
Ongoing
3. Develop strategies to assist the Planning
Commission, Board of Adjustment, and County Rapid
Board with making sound resource decisions.
Watershed
Medium
LWPO
HRDC
LOW County, NW MN
Foundation, HRDC
Ongoing
4. Review shoreland development patterns and Lake of the Woods, Lower Rainy,
current shoreland zoning requirements.
Rapid
Low
LWPO
LOW County, SWCD,
HRDC
LOW County, NW MN
Foundation, HRDC
Ongoing
5. Encourage the Planning Commission to
increase setbacks and other alternatives for
new developments.
Low
LWPO
LOW County, SWCD,
HRDC, DNR
LOW County, NW MN
Foundation, HRDC
Rapid
Expenses
Fund
Objective B: Ordinance Updates and Revisions
Timeline
Actions
Watershed
Partners
2015 - 2020
1. Update and revise County Wetland
Management Plan.
High
LWPO, SWCD
BWSR, ACOE
NRBG, Inspection fees,
LOW County, NW MN
Foundation, CWF
Ongoing
2. Review and update applicable zoning
ordinances taking into consideration areas with Rapid
known flooding problems and recent flooding
issues.
Medium
LWPO
SWCD, LOW MIS-GIS
LOW County, CWF,
319 Grant
2018
3. Pursue a change to resort density standards Lake of the Woods, Lower Rainy,
within the ordinance from square footage to
Rapid
footprints of structures.
Medium
LWPO
DNR, MPCA, HRDC
LOW County, NW MN
Foundation
Ongoing
4. Encourage the county board to adopt
ordinance language that supports septic
inspections mandatory upon sale or transfer of
property.
Rapid
Low
LWPO
DNR, SWCD, HRDC
LOW County, NW MN
Foundation
2020
5. Assess the need and benefits for a county
feedlot ordinance, develop if deemed
necessary.
Rapid
Low
LWPO, SWCD
HRDC, MPCA
LOW County, NW MN
Foundation
Rapid
Objective C: Increased Utilization of GIS as a Resource Management Tool
Timeline
Actions
Watershed
Partners
Expenses
Expenses
Fund
Fund
2015-2020
1. Continue to update the culvert inventory that Lake of the Woods, Lower Rainy,
was completed in 2010. Updates needed
Rapid
High
PWD, SWCD, LOW
MIS-GIS
LOW County, NRBG,
319 Grant, CWF
Ongoing
2. Continue shoreland monumentation and
parcel mapping utilizing the county cost share
program to establish monuments.
Rapid
High
LOW MIS-GIS
LOW County, NRBG,
319 Grant, CWF
Ongoing
3. Utilize GIS in making land use planning
decisions.
4. Utilize GIS to prioritize and rank protection
and restoration projects.
5. Utilize GIS to record permits, project
locations and data.
6. Utilize Terrain Analysis and HSPF model
information from the Watershed Restoration
and Protection Strategies Projects to assist with
land use management decisions.
Rapid
Rapid
Rapid
Rapid
Medium
LWPO
Medium
SWCD, NRCS
Medium
LWPO, PWD
Medium
SWCD
LWPO
7. Continue to geo-reference 1940's and 1960's
aerial photography.
8. Make data layers available for all resource
management professionals in LOW County.
Rapid
Rapid
Medium
NRCS, SWCD
LWPO
Medium
LOW MIS-GIS
Ongoing
Ongoing
2020
2016
Ongoing
HRDC
LOW County, NRBG,
319 Grant, CWF
LOW County, NRBG,
319 Grant, CWF
LOW County, NRBG,
319 Grant, CWF
LOW County, NRBG,
319 Grant, CWF
$5,000 LOW County, NRBG,
319 Grant, CWF
LOW County, NRBG,
319 Grant, CWF
Objective D: Protect Unique Features and Areas of High Public Value
Timeline
Actions
Watershed
Partners
2019
1. Inventory and prioritize areas eligible for
easements or land acquisition for habitat
protection, resource protection and/or
recreational opportunities.
Rapid
High
LWPO
SWCD
NRBG, CWF
Ongoing
2. Review proposals regulating and utilizing the Lake of the Woods, Lower Rainy,
water flowing into and out of Lake of the Woods Rapid
County that may be detrimental to the natural
resources of the county.
High
LWPO
SWCD, DNR, HRDC
LOW County, NRBG
2020
3. Review and re-determine special protection
areas within the county as an alternative to
easements.
Medium
LWPO
HRDC
LOW County
2/6/2015
Rapid
27
Expenses
Fund
Table 2.
Objective E: Recreational Management Plan:
Timeline
Actions
Watershed
Partners
2016
1. Identify a project lead and organize a
stakeholder group.
Rapid
Medium
LOW County
LWPO, SWCD, U of M
Extension, DNR,
Tourism
NW MN Foundation, U
of M Extension, CWF,
LOW County, DNR
2018
2. Pursue interest and support for the
development of the recreational management
Rapid
plan. The plan should address the spread of
aquatic invasive species and protection of water
quality, wetlands and other sensitive features of
the county.
Medium
LOW County
LWPO, SWCD, U of M
Extension, DNR, LOW
Tourism Board
NW MN Foundation, U
LOW County, DNR
Ongoing
3. Support the development of additional public Lake of the Woods, Lower Rainy,
landings and recreation areas within the county. Rapid
High
LOW County, DNR
LWPO, SWCD, U of M
Extension, DNR, LOW
Tourism Board
NW MN Foundation, U
LOW County, DNR
2017
4. Work with existing ATV Stakeholder Groups
to assist with trail mapping, inventories, and
maintenance.
High
DNR
LWPO, SWCD, U of M
Extension, DNR, LOW
Tourism Board, ATV
Clubs
NW MN Foundation, U
LOW County, DNR
Rapid
Priority 3 - Sewage Treatment Systems and Other Potential Sources of Water Contamination
Objective A: Wheeler's Point Community System
Timeline
Actions
Watershed
Partners
Expenses
Expenses
Fund
Fund
2020
1. Support efforts of the WPSD for the
installation and expansion.
Lake of the Woods, Lower Rainy
High
WPSD
LWPO, MAP, MPCA
USDA Rural
Development Grant,
WIF, ACOE 569, PFA
2012
2. Support exploration of options for the
expansion of the boundaries of the Wheelers
Point Sanitary District.
High
WPSD
LWPO, MAP, MPCA,
SWCD
USDA Rural
Development Grant,
WIF, ACOE 569, PFA,
AgBMP
2015-2020
3. Promotion and education of the benefits
following installation of the WPSD.
WPSD
County, LWPO
High
Objective B: Areas of Concern (Rocky Point, Long Point, Birch Beach, Sandy Shores, Zippel Bay, Morris Point, Bostic Creek & the Islands)
Timeline
Actions
Watershed
Partners
Expenses
Fund
Ongoing
1. Identify areas of the county potentially in
need of community / cluster sewer systems.
Rapid
High
LWPO
MPCA, U of M
Extension, MAP
USDA Rural
Development Grant,
WIF, ACOE 569, PFA
Ongoing
2. Hold informational meetings after areas are
identified.
Rapid
High
LWPO
MPCA, U of M
Extension, MAP
USDA Rural
Development Grant,
WIF, ACOE 569, PFA
Ongoing
3. Promote utilization of community and cluster Lake of the Woods, Lower Rainy,
systems where a surface or ground water
Rapid
pollution potential exists.
High
LWPO
MPCA, U of M
Extension, MAP,
SWCD
USDA Rural
Development Grant,
WIF, ACOE 569, PFA,
AgBMP
2012
4. Improve land use planning efforts to address Lake of the Woods, Lower Rainy,
land use changes and emerging concerns.
Rapid
Medium
LWPO
MPCA, U of M
Extension, MAP
USDA Rural
Development Grant,
WIF, ACOE 569, PFA
Ongoing
5. Research feasibility of performance septic
systems.
Low
LWPO
MPCA, U of M
Extension, MAP
USDA Rural
Development Grant,
WIF, ACOE 569, PFA
Rapid
Objective C: Other Pollution Risks
Timeline
Actions
Watershed
Partners
Ongoing
1. Investigate new funding mechanisms to aid in Lake of the Woods, Lower Rainy,
upgrading septic systems and continue with Ag Rapid
BMP loans, CWF grants as funding sources.
High
LWPO
SWCD, BWSR
LOW County general
fund or permit and
inspection fees,
AgBMP, MPCA, CWL,
2015-2017
2. Work with County to develop low interest
loan programs for septic system upgrades.
This program would supplement the AgBMP
Low Interest Loan program.
Rapid
High
LWPO, SWCD
BWSR
LOW County, NW MN
Foundation, CWF
Ongoing
3. Educate contractors and realtors on
ordinance updates and new rules.
Rapid
Medium
LWPO
SWCD
LOW County general
fund or permit and
inspection fees,
AgBMP, MPCA, CWL
2020
4. Complete and maintain inventory of noncompliant on-site sewage systems.
Rapid
Low
LWPO
SWCD
TBD LOW County general
fund or permit and
inspection fees,
AgBMP, MPCA, CWL
2/6/2015
28
Expenses
Fund
Table 2.
Priority 4 - Water Quality
Objective A: Surface Water
Timeline
Actions
Watershed
Partners
Ongoing
1. Work cooperatively with all agencies on
watershed assessments to address water
quality issues, including the DNR watershed
assessments, MPCA Watershed Restoration
and Protection Strategies and the Lake of the
Woods TMDL.
Rapid
High
MPCA, DNR
SWCD, IMA-TAC
MPCA, CWF
Ongoing
2. Continue coordination with Canadian
agencies to address binational water quality
concerns.
Rapid
High
SWCD
LWPO, MPCA, IMATAC
IJC IWI, NRBG, CWF
Ongoing
3. Ensure hazard risk management plans are
up to date, and adequately addressing
transportation of hazardous materials. Ensure
companies have adequate procedures,
equipment, staff and trainings for local fire
departments to enable a spill to be cleaned up
as safely and quickly as possible.
Rapid
Medium
EMO, MPCA
SWCD, LWPO, MPCA
Ongoing
4. Reduce feedlot runoff by implementing the
Delegated Feedlot Program and by providing
feedlot owners technical and financial
assistance.
Rapid
Medium
SWCD
MPCA
2015-2020
5. Develop water quality protection and
restoration strategies by involving the JPB
Shared Services GIS staff into the WRAPS
process.
Rapid
Medium
SWCD
LWPO, MPCA, BWSR
2020
6. Actively participate in the One Watershed
Lake of the Woods
One Plan process and the Watershed
Restoration and Protection Strategy Processes
to incorporate this information into the Water
Plan.
Low
SWCD, LWPO
MPCA
Objective B: Groundwater
Timeline
Actions
Expenses
Fund
NRBG
WRAPS, NRBG
Watershed
Partners
2017
1. Develop demonstration projects with for
biofilters and drainage water management
structures to promote BMP's for tile drainage
outlets.
Rapid
High
NRCS, SWCD
U of M Extension
MPCA, 319 Grant,
CWF, County, SWCD,
NRBG, EQIP, CSP
2017
2. Acknowledge and support public Drinking
Water Supply Management Areas within Lake
of the Woods County. Consider DWSMAs and
private groundwater users when making land
use decisions.
Lake of the Woods (Wheeler's Point High
Area)
LWPO, SWCD
MDH, DNR, MPCA,
BWSR, U of M
Extension, NRCS
CWF, MPCA, EPA,
BWSR, SWCD, MDH
Ongoing
3. Protect groundwater by continuing
abandoned well sealing cost-share programs, Rapid
update the 1994 unused, unsealed well
inventory and educate landowners of the proper
procedures and importance of sealing
abandoned wells.
Medium
SWCD, NRCS
MDH, LWPO, DNR,
MPCA, BWSR, U of M
Extension, NRCS
2019
4. Develop and implement a comprehensive
source water protection plan as a component of
county-wide water resource and the land use
management plan.
Low
MDH, LWPO
SWCD, DNR, MPCA,
BWSR, U of M
Extension, NRCS, City
of Baudette, Anchor
Bay Park, Islands Resorts
CWF, MPCA, EPA,
BWSR, SWCD, MDH
2017
5. Work with community and non-community
public water suppliers in developing and
implementing drinking water protection
activities.
Rapid
Low
LWPO, SWCD
MDH, DNR, MPCA,
BWSR, U of M
Extension, NRCS
CWF, MPCA, EPA,
BWSR, SWCD, MDH
2017
6. When requested by a public water supplier,
provide aid in efforts to locate wells for
groundwater modeling efforts undertaken in
drinking water protection.
Rapid
Low
MDH
LWPO, SWCD, DNR,
MPCA, BWSR, U of M
Extension, NRCS
CWF, MPCA, EPA,
BWSR, SWCD, MDH
Ongoing
7. Assist eligible entities with Well Head
Protection guidelines and developing a
wellhead protection plan.
Rapid
Low
MDH, LWPO
City of Baudette,
Anchor Bay Park
City of Baudette, LOW
County, 319 Grant,
CWF, PFA, NRBG
2/6/2015
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Expenses
Fund
$2,500/yr. BWSR C-S, EQIP,
NRBG
Table 2.
Timeline
Actions
Watershed
Partners
Ongoing
8. Hold and sponsor an annual well water
testing clinic.
9. Assess the potential to share well water
testing results from well testing clinic with the
MDH to increase overall knowledge of
groundwater resources in northern Minnesota.
This will aid in the development of a water
quality database to track contaminants of
concern in the groundwater.
Rapid
Rapid
Low
SWCD
MDH, LWPO
Low
SWCD, MDH
LWPO, SWCD, DNR,
MPCA, BWSR, U of M
Extension, NRCS
Ongoing
10. Provide education to County residents on
the proper disposal of household hazardous
Rapid
wastes. Make this information readily available
to the public.
Low
PWD, SWCD
MDH, LWPO
2020
11. Complete a hydrogeologic atlas to better
understand our ground water resources.
Low
DNR
SWCD, LWPO
2016
Objective C: Wetlands
Timeline
Actions
Rapid
Expenses
Fund
$1,000/yr. NRBG
CWF, MPCA, EPA,
BWSR, SWCD, MDH,
NRBG
$500/yr. City of Baudette, LOW
County, NRBG
Watershed
Partners
Ongoing
1. Update the County’s Wetland Management
Plan to implement WCA and prioritize sites for
wetland banking.
Rapid
High
LWPO, SWCD
BWSR, HRDC
LOW County, NRBG
Ongoing
2. Continue coordination between wetland
regulatory entities by holding monthly TEP
meetings.
Rapid
Medium
LWPO, SWCD
BWSR, HRDC
LOW County, NRBG
Ongoing
3. Improve public awareness on WCA rules
through local media, websites and workshops.
Rapid
Medium
LWPO, SWCD
BWSR, HRDC
LOW County, NRBG
Ongoing
4. Promote wetland regulatory simplification on
a state and federal level.
5. Inventory and rank abandoned county and
state gravel pits for the possibility to restore or
enhance the landscape for wildlife habitat.
Rapid
Rapid
Low
LWPO
LOW County, NRBG
Low
LWPO, PWD, DNR
BWSR, HRDC, ACOE,
NRCS, SWCD
BWSR, HRDC, SWCD
2013-2015
Objective D: Stormwater
Timeline
Actions
Fund
LOW County, NRBG,
CWF
Partners
2012
1. Develop a long term plan for stormwater
treatment systems for the cities of Baudette and
Williams.
Medium
Cities of Baudette and
Williams, PWD
LWPO, MPCA, SWCD
MPCA, EPA 319 Grant,
CWF
Ongoing
2. Promote and educate individuals,
developers, commissioners, and general public
on properly treated stormwater. Utilize rain
gardens and sediment ponds in the Birch Beach
and Sandy Shores areas and along the Rainy
River.
Medium
LWPO
MPCA, SWCD
CWF
2015-2020
3. Identify options to evaluate county wide
storm water management, including: costs,
Rapid
management, structure and needed changes to
the current system.
Medium
PWD
SWCD, LWPO, LOW
MIS-GIS, MPCA
2020
4. Utilize TSA GIS staff to assist with
stormwater management planning.
Medium
TSA GIS
LWPO, MPCA, SWCD,
PWD, City of Baudette
CWF
2016
5. Explore alternative siting options for the
disposal of excess snow in and around the City
of Baudette to better filter salts, debris and
pollutants and protect water quality.
Medium
MNDOT, City of
Baudette, PWD
LWPO, MPCA
CWF
2020
6. Research and identify issues associated with Lake of the Woods, Lower Rainy
flowing wells in relation to stormwater and
drainage.
Medium
LWPO, SWCD
MPCA, PWD
CWF
Objective E: Invasive & Exotic Species
Timeline
Actions
Watershed
Expenses
Fund
$150,000 MPCA, EPA 319 Grant,
CWF, County, SWCD,
NRBG
Watershed
Partners
Rapid
High
SWCD
LWPO, DNR, LOW
Tourism Board, LOW
County
TBD MPCA, DNR, EQIP,
EPA 319 Grant, CWF
Medium
DNR
SWCD
TBD
Ongoing
1. Develop and implement an Aquatic Invasive
Species Management Plan for Lake of the
Woods County.
2012
2. Research the establishment of boat washing Lake of the Woods, Lower Rainy,
stations at strategic times and locations
Rapid
throughout the county.
2/6/2015
Expenses
30
Expenses
Fund
Table 2.
Timeline
Actions
Watershed
Partners
Ongoing
3. Utilize lake service provider education
programs to educate local businesses on AIS
prevention.
Rapid
Medium
DNR
U of M Extension,
SWCD
Expenses
MPCA, DNR, EQIP,
EPA 319 Grant, CWF
Fund
Ongoing
4. Utilize the International Watershed
Coordinator to promote increased efforts to
prevent the spread of AIS.
Rapid
Medium
DNR, IWAC
U of M Extension,
SWCD
MPCA, DNR, EQIP,
EPA 319 Grant, CWF
Ongoing
5. Combat new and existing aquatic and
terrestrial invasive species through education
efforts.
Rapid
Medium
DNR, SWCD
U of M Extension,
MPCA, LWPO
NRBG, DNR, MPCA
2017
6. Consider adoption of a Weed Management
Area to target efforts for combating terrestrial
invasive species.
Rapid
Medium
LWPO, SWCD
PWD, U of M
Extension, DNR
2017
7. Compare studies on road salt and calcium
chloride applications to current application rates Rapid
utilized by the PWD and MNDOT to determine if
there is a significant impact to water quality
and/or the creates a habitat more conducive to
invasive species.
$25,000 BWSR, CWF, US Fish
and Wildlife
Low
Priority 5 - Education
Objective A: Local Natural Resources Education
Timeline
Actions
Watershed
Ongoing
1. Agassiz Lowlands Environmental Learning
Lower Rainy, Lake of the Woods
Area and Lake of the Woods School Forest
Programs - continue to support efforts of the
Lake of the Woods School Forest Committee to
expand and improve the use of the school
forests for environmental learning and outdoor
recreation.
High
SWCD
DNR, LOW School
Ongoing
2. Utilize the Keep It Clean Lake of the Woods
education program to discourage littering and
encourage stewardship of natural resources.
High
SWCD
County, DNR, PWD,
LOW Tourism Board
Ongoing
3. Educate landowners on the 1925 Convention Lake of the Woods, Lower Rainy
and Protocol for Lake of the Woods and the
flowage easement up to an elevation of 1064
feet on the lake and the County Ordinance of
1065 elevation for structures.
High
SWCD, LWPO
BWSR
Ongoing
4. Continue to hold annual educational events Lake of the Woods, Lower Rainy,
to promote conservation practices and projects. Rapid
High
SWCD, U of M
Extension
LWPO, DNR, LOW
School, MPCA
Ongoing
5. Continue to encourage and support
participation in the Envirothon program for
grades 6-12.
High
SWCD
LOW School
Ongoing
6. Continue to provide technical and financial
Lower Rainy
support for the Lake of the Woods School Rainy
River Basin River-Watch Program.
Medium
SWCD
LWPO, MPCA, LOW
School
Ongoing
7. Continue to assist and support local
educational events including MinnAqua, Take-A- Rapid
Kid-Fishing and Senior Fishing events.
Medium
DNR
Ongoing
8. Continue SWCD and DNR involvement in
Lake of the Woods school environmental
education projects.
Rapid
Medium
SWCD, DNR
Ongoing
9. Continue Lake of the Woods County Fair
Booth Conservation Educational Displays.
10. Continue to publish and distribute a
biannual newsletter.
11. Maintain the Lake of the Woods County Soil
and Water Conservation District website to
promote Water Plan Activities.
Rapid
Rapid
Rapid
Medium
SWCD, DNR
Medium
SWCD
$2,000 yr. NRBG
Medium
SWCD
$300 yr. NRBG
12. Remain informed on forestry best
management practices and support
logger/landowner education programs.
Rapid
Medium
SWCD
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
2/6/2015
Rapid
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Partners
Expenses
Fund
$1,200,000 NRBG, DNR
$6,000/yr. Local sponsors
CWF, NRBG
$100 yr. NRBG, DNR, MPCA
NRBG, MPCA
$500 yr. NRBG, MPCA
DNR
LWPO, MPCA
NRBG, DNR, MPCA
$100 yr. NRBG, DNR, MPCA
U of M Extension
$200 yr. NRBG
Attachment A. Acronyms
ACOE
AgBMP
AIS
ATV
BMP
BWSR
C-S
CSP
CWF
CWP
DNR
DWSMA
EMO
EPA
EQIP
FDR
FSA
GIS
HRDC
HSPF
IJC
IMA-TAC
ISTS
IRLWWB
IWAC
IWI
JPB
LCCMR
LGU
LIDAR
LOW
LWCB
LWG
LWPO
LWWSF
MAP
MDH
MIS
MNDOT
2/6/2015
Army Corps of Engineers
Agriculture Best Management Practice Loan Program
Aquatic Invasive Species
All Terrain Vehicle
Best Management Practices
Cost Share
Conservation Stewardship Program
Clean Water Fund
Clean Water Partnership
Department of Natural Resources
Drinking Water Supply Management Area
Emergency Management Office
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Quality Incentives Program
Flood Damage Reduction
Farm Service Agency
Geographic Information System
Headwaters Regional Development Commission
Hydrologic Simulation Program Fortran
International Joint Commission
International Multi-agency Arrangement-Technical Advisory Committee
Individual Septic Treatment Systems
International Rainy – Lake of the Woods Watershed Board
International Watershed Advisory Committee
International Watershed Initiative
Joint Powers Board (North Central MN Joint Powers Board Engineer)
Legislative Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources
Local Government Unit
LIght Detection And Ranging
Lake of the Woods
Lake of the Woods Control Board
Local Work Group
Land and Water Planning Office
Lake of the Woods Water Sustainability Foundation
Midwest Assistance Program
Minnesota Department of Health
Management Information Systems
Minnesota Department of Transportation
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MPCA
NRBG
NRCan
NRCS
PFA
PWD
RIM
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Natural Resources Block Grant
Natural Resources Canada
Minnesota Public Facilities Authority
Public Works Department
Reinvest in Minnesota
STORET
SWCD
TEP
TBD
TMDL
TSA
U of M
USGS
WCA
WHIP
WIF
WPSD
WQ POS
WRAPS
WRP
STOrage and RETrieval (EPA WQ Database)
2/6/2015
Soil and Water Conservation District
Technical Evaluation Panel
To be determined
Total Maximum Daily Load
Technical Service Area
University of Minnesota
United States Geological Survey
Wetlands Conservation Act
Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program
Wastewater Infrastructure Funding
Wheeler’s Point Sanitary District
Water Quality Plan of Study
Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy
Wetland Reserve Program
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Attachment B. References
The Lake of the Woods Soil and Water Conservation District catalogued studies and reports.
The studies are arranged by alphanumeric identification. The letters in the ID stand for the watershed or water body. Below is a guide for the
abbreviations for identifications. The numerical portion of the ID reflects a chorological order of studies.
ID
Watershed/Water Body
LOW
Lake of the Woods
RR
Rainy River
RRV
Red River Valley
WW
Warroad Watershed
ZW
Zippel Watershed
G
General
BR
Baudette River
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ID
Title
Author
Agency
Date
Electronic
Copy
Paper
version
LOW - 0010 1999 Lake Partner Program: A Summary of Susan Martin Payette
1999 Water Quality Results
Ontario Ministry of the
Environment
May-00
Yes
Yes
LOW - 0020 NRCS Erosion Project Baudette River by
Cemetery - Operation and Maintenance
Agreement Expiration
Cemetery -Land rights Work Maps RC&D
Sites 10 & 11
Cemetery - Operation and Maintenance
Agreement for Structural Measures
Cemetery - Certification Relating to Land
Rights, Water Rights, and Construction
Cemetery - Highway Easements
Cemetery -Bid Form Construction Contract
Glen Kajewski
State Conservationist
Apr-08
Yes
Yes
County Highway Engineer
LOW County
Jan-77
Yes
Yes
LOW Board of Commissioners, Jun-76
LOW County Auditor, State
Conservationist
LOW Board of Commissioners, Jun-77
LOW SWCD
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
1976
Yes
Yes
Oct-76
Yes
Yes
LOW - 0030 LOW Fish Study 1988
MN DNR
1988
Yes
Yes
LOW - 0040 Pine/Curry Island SNA Management Plan
and Resource Inventory
LOW - 0040 1992 Status and Breeding Summary of
Piping Plovers and Common Terns at Lake
of the Woods, Minnesota
LOW - 0040 Piping Plover Recovery and Monitoring In
Minnesota, 2002
LOW - 0040 The Loon, Status and Reproductive success
of the Piping Plover
LOW - 0040 Letter from Lakehead University regarding
Pine/Curry erosion to MN DNR
LOW - 0040 Brochures from Pine/Curry Islands
MN DNR
1986
Yes
Yes
Stephen J. Maxson and
Katherine V. Haws
MN DNR
Sep-92
Yes
Yes
Minnesota DNR
Minnesota DNR
Feb-02
Yes
Yes
Cuthbert
MN DNR
1984
Yes
Yes
Phillips
Lakehead University
1994
Yes
Yes
DNR
DNR
2000
no
Yes
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ID
Title
Date
Electronic
Copy
Paper
version
LOW County Museum
1978
yes
Yes
LOW County & SWCD, State
of MN, BWSR
LOW SWCD
1995
Yes
Yes
1995
No
Yes
LOW SWCD
Nov-95
Yes
Yes
Doug Easthouse
LOW SWCD
Nov-95
Yes
Yes
Brian Phillips
Dept of Geography, Lakehead
University, Thunder Bay
Ontario
Dec-92
Yes
Yes
Brian Phillips, Harun Rasid
LOW - 0065 Impact of Lake Level Regulation On
Shoreline Erosion and Shore Property
Hazards: the Binational Case Experience of
Lake of the woods
The Great Lakes Geographer
Jan-96
Yes
Yes
LOW - 0067 Modeling the history of LOTW (isostatic
change and paleohydrology)
LOW - 0067 Lake-gauge Evidence For Regional
Postglacial tilting in southern Manitoba
Yang and Teller
Journal of Paleolimnology
2005
Yes
Yes
Gary E Tackman
Geological society of America
Bulletin
Nov-99
Yes
Yes
LOW - 0070 Lake of the Woods Trophic Status Report
1999
Jesse Anderson, Bruce Paakh, LOW County, MPCA, MDNR
Steve Heiskary, Tom Heinrich
Jun-00
Yes
Yes
LOW - 0090 LOTW Shoreline Erosion
Dan Thul, Les Lemm, Mary
Hilbrand, Mike Larson, Doug
Easthouse, Ed Arneson, Al
Kean, Gene Clark, John
Hodson, Chad Severts
Rick Cousins, Rick Walden
SWCD, Waters, LOTW
2001
Emergency Management,
Fisheries, Parks, LOW County,
BWSR Engineer, Joint Powers
Engineer
LWCB
Aug-01
No
Yes
No
Yes
LOW - 0040 Pine and Curry history from files at Lake of
the Woods County Museum
Author
Agency
Tom Imes, museum
administrator
LOW - 0060 1995 Challenge Grant Documents
LOW - 0060 Rainy River Water Quality Data
LOW - 0060 Lake of the Woods County Water Quality
Study: 1995 BWSR Challenge Grant Final
Report
LOW - 0060 Lake of the Woods County Water Quality
Study: Graphs of Results
LOW - 0064 Water Diversion and Water Level control Some Impacts of Developing Natural
Resources In Northwestern Ontario
LOW - 0090 Lake of the Woods Outflow Increase
2/6/2015
Minnesota Valley Testing
Laboratories, Inc.
Doug Easthouse
36
ID
Title
LOW - 0090 Letters from Les Lemm
LOW - 0090 Assessment of 2001 High Water in RainyNamakan Basin
LOW - 0090 Lake of the Woods Outflow Reduction
Winnipeg River Levels To Decline
LOW - 0090 LWCB Website
LOW - 0090 Lake of the Woods County Disaster &
Mitigation Impact Statement
LOW - 0090 Rising Waters Slowing, but Lake Levels Will
Remain High
LOW - 0090 Lake of the Woods: High Time to be Heard
Author
Agency
Date
Electronic
Copy
Paper
version
Les Lemm
LOW SWCD
International Joint Commission IJC
Aug-01
Dec-01
No
No
Yes
Yes
Rick Walden
LWCB
Jul-01
No
Yes
LWCB
Mary Hilbrand
No
No
Yes
Yes
Ian Hitchen
LWCB
May-01
LOW Emergency Management Jun-01
Director
Miner and News Staff
Jun-01
No
Yes
Steve Foss
Herald Staff Writer
No
Yes
No
Yes
Jun-01
LOW - 0090 Young Bay Harbor Sediment and Erosion
Control Plan
LOW - 0095 Letter form Robert Nault
LOW - 0095 Letter from Lucien Bouchard
Robert Nault
Lucien Bouchard
Oct-89
Oct-89
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Howard Hampton
House of Commons, Canada
Minister of the Environment,
Canada
Legislative Assembly, Ontario
LOW - 0095 Letter from Howad Hampton
Jul-89
Yes
Yes
LOW - 0095 Supplementary Order for the Regulation
Rainy and Namakan Lakes
LOW - 0095 Supplementary Order for the Regulation
Rainy and Namakan Lakes
LOW - 0095 IJC and Water Levels
Robert Sutherland
LOW Board of Commisioners
Mar-99
Yes
Yes
Jim Leanard II
Rainy River First Nations
Mar-99
Yes
Yes
Waylon Peterson
International Joint Commission Oct-94
Yes
Yes
US Army Corps
May-90
Yes
Yes
May-02
Yes
Yes
Oct-01
No
Yes
Mar-03
Yes
Yes
LOW - 0095 Notice of Completion of Flood Control Study Jude W. P. Patin
Rainy River Basin, Minnesota
Reconnaissance Report
LOW - 0100 Year 2001 High Water Levels on Lake of the
Woods and the Winnipeg River
LOW - 0100 Report on Year 2001 High Water Levels in
the Rainy/Namakan Basin
LOW - 0100 Year 2002 High Water Levels on Lake of the
Woods and the Winnipeg River
2/6/2015
Rick Walden and Rick Cousins Lake of the Woods Control
Board
International Rainy Lake Board IRLBC
of Control
Rick Walden, Rick Cousins,
LWCB
Michael Sarich
37
ID
Title
LOW - 0110 Lake of the Woods County Flood Damages
2002
LOW - 0120
LOW - 0120
LOW - 0120
LOW - 0120
LOW - 0120
LOW - 0120
LOW - 0120
LOW - 0120
LOW - 0120
LOW - 0120
LOW - 0120
LOW - 0120
LOW - 0120
LOW - 0120
LOW - 0120
LOW - 0120
LOW - 0120
Notice of Public Open House - ECWG
LOW Erosion Work Group Participants
LOW Erosion Work Group Email
July 2002 Preliminary Agenda
Oct. 2002 Questions to be Addressed
Lake of the Woods Loading Study
June 2003 Meeting Summary
Feb. 2004 Questions to be Addressed
Feb. 2004 Meeting Agenda
Feb. 2004 Meeting Summary
June 2004 Meeting Agenda
LOW Erosion Reduction Project Funding
Options (Draft)
Nov. 2004 Meeting Summary
LOW Erosion Work Group Projects and
Funding
Preliminary Announcement of the 2nd
Annual Lake of the Woods International
Water Quality Forum
Leech Lake Island plans, beach
regeneration, Pelican Island
Lake of the Woods power point
presentation, shoreline erosion, shoreline
regression aerial photo comparisons
Author
Agency
Date
Electronic
Copy
Paper
version
2002
No
Yes
Erosion Work Group
Erosion Work Group
Erosion Work Group
Erosion Work Group
Erosion Work Group
Erosion Work Group
May-01
Jun-02
Jun-02
Jul-02
Oct-02
May-03
Jun-03
Feb-04
Feb-04
Feb-04
Jun-04
Jul-04
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
LOW Erosion Work Group
Nov-04
Nov-04
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Nov-04
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
no
International Joint Commission Dec-04
No
Yes
Dec-04
No
Yes
Jan-05
Jan-05
Jan-05
Feb-05
Feb-05
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Norman County SWCD
Norman County SWCD
Rick Walden
Nolan Baratono
LWCB
LOW
LOW
LOW
LOW
LOW
LOW
Nolan Baratono
MPCA
USDA NRCS
Nolan Baratono
MPCA
Herb Gray
LOW - 0120 Letter to Pierre Pettigrew, Minister of
Foreign Affairs
LOW - 0120 Fight to Save Lake Winnipeg Gains Key Ally Paul Samyn and Helen
Fallding
Nolan Baratono
LOW - 0120 Email to Mike
LOW - 0120 Jan. 2005 Meeting Agenda
LOW - 0120 Jan. 2005 Meeting Summary
LOW - 0120 Status Report
LOW - 0120 Feb. 2005 Meeting Agenda
2/6/2015
MPCA
38
MPCA
2005
ID
Title
Author
Agency
Date
Wilbur Fast
LOW - 0120 Position Paper: IJC must return dams to
local control
LOW - 0120 Sustainable Lakes Planning Workbook:
Ch.5: Conducting a Property Owner's Survey
Electronic
Copy
Paper
version
No
Yes
No
Yes
LOW - 0120 Questionnaire for Water Front Property
Owners
Mike Hirst
LOW SWCD
Jan-05
No
Yes
LOW - 0140 Lake of the Woods Sediment
Sampling/Paleolimnology Challenge Grant
Nolan Baratono
Rainy River Basin Coordinator
Mar-05
No
Yes
LOW - 0140 The Lake of the Woods Tells its Own Story
Mike Stainton, Hedy Kling,
Patricia Ramlal
Freshwater Institute,
Jul-04
Department of Fisheries and
Oceans & Algal Taxonomy and
Ecology Inc.
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mar-02
No
Yes
Dec-92
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
LOW - 0140 Economics of Erosion on Lake of the Woods
LOW - 0140 Lake Levels A Controversy Put to Rest
(historical paper)
LOW - 0140 Lake of the Woods Area News "The Lake
Level Question"
LOW - 0140 Letter to Gary Lockner
LOW - 0140 Sustained High Water Levels
LOW - 0140 Questionnaire on Lake of the Woods
Shoreline Erosion Hazards
T.E. Helmstetter
LOW Historical Society
Nelson
Brian A.M. Phillips
Lakehead University
Brian A.M. Phillips and Harun
Rasid
Lakehead University
LOW - 0145 Lake of the Woods Shoreline Erosion:
Sensitivity to Lake Level and Wind, and
Potential Erosion Control Strategies
William Herb, Omid Mohseni,
and Heinz Stefan
U of M St. Anthony Falls
Laboratory
Oct-04
Yes
Yes
LOW - 0150 Lake of the Woods Trophic Status Report
2005 Update
LOW - 0150 Remote sensing: does it have a role?
Jesse Anderson, Steve
Heiskary, Mike Hirst
Steve Heiskary, Olmanson,
Gitelson, Chipman
Steve Heiskary
MPCA, LOW SWCD
Mar-06
Yes
Yes
MPCA
2006
yes
no
MPCA
Feb-07
No
Yes
LOW - 0150 Lake of the Woods 2008 Assessment
Summary for Nutrient Impairment (Draft)
2/6/2015
39
ID
Title
LOW - 0160
LOW - 0160
LOW - 0160
LOW - 0160
LOW - 0160
MDH Stream and Lake Lab Sheets
Shipping Documents
Training Manual for CLMP
Calibration Work Sheets
Final Reports of Analytical Results
Author
Agency
Mike Hirst
Mike Hirst
MPCA
Mike Hirst
MN Department of Health Environmental Laboratory
LOW SWCD
LOW SWCD
MPCA
LOW SWCD
MDH
LOW - 0170 Estimating Lake of the Woods Quality from Lake of the Woods Area News
Satellite Images - A Successful Partnership
Effort
Date
Electronic
Copy
Paper
version
2005
2005
May-05
2005
2005
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Oct-05
No
Yes
2005
yes
Yes
LOW-0172 Spatial variability in water quality and surface Pla, Paterson, Smol, Clark,
sediment diatom assemblages in a complex Ingram
lake basin: Lake of the Woods, On, CA
Queens Univ and ON Ministry
of Environment
URS Group, Inc
LOW - 0175 Lake of the Woods MN: Small Harbor
Economic Analysis
URS Group, ACOE
LOW - 0175 Innovative dredging analysis of federally
authorized or maintained small boat harbors (Weiss/Bluhm)
Army Corps of Engineers
Dec-05
Yes
Yes
ACOE
May-06
Yes
Yes
LOW - 0180 "Lake of the Woods International Water
Quality Forum" Program and Abstracts
MPCA, OME, LOWDPOA
2005
and On
No
Yes
2009
yes
Yes
multi-agency
Mar-09
Yes
Yes
multi-agency
Jul-14
Yes
Yes
Environment Canada
Oct-10
Yes
Yes
Water Quality Forum
Organizing Committee
LOW - 0195 Lake of the Woods Rapid Watershed
Assessment
LOW - 0200 Lake of the Woods State of the Basin
Report
LOW - 0200 Lake of the Woods State of the Basin
Report, 2nd Edition
NRCS
DeSellas, Paterson, Clark,
Baratono, Sellers
Clark, Sellers
LOW - 0205 Assessment of MERIS algal products during Binding,Greenburg, Jerome,
an intense bloom in Lake of the Woods
Bukata, Letourneau
2/6/2015
40
ID
Title
Author
Agency
Date
Electronic
Copy
Paper
version
2010
Yes
Yes
Mar-11
Yes
Yes
LOW - 0205 Reorganization of algal communities in
LOTW in response to turn-of-the-century
damming and recent warming
Ruhland, Paterson, Hargan,
Jenkin, Clark, Smol
Queens University, ON Ministry
of Environment
LOW - 0210 Phosphorus Budget Studies, Lake of the
Woods Watershed
Hutchinson Env. Sciences
Lake of the Woods Water
Sustainability Foundation
LOW - 0215 Estimation of Internal Phosphorus Loading
Contributions to the Lake of the Woods
ERDC, Engineer Research and ERDC, MPCA
Development Center
Feb-12
yes
Yes
LOW - 0220 LOTW Major Watershed Restoration and
Protection Plan, Watershed Conditions
Report
Houston Engineering
MPCA, SWCD
Sep-12
Yes
Yes
LOW - 0230 Lake of the Woods Watershed GIS Terrain
Analysis Report
Houston Engineering
MPCA, SWCD
Sep-13
Yes
Yes
LOW - 0240 Lake of the Woods Sediment and Nutrient
Budget Investigation - Focusing on
Watershed and Southern Shoreline Loads
Houston Engineering, LOW
SWCD
EPA
Mar-13
Yes
Yes
2004
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
2001
No
Yes
2003
No
Yes
Mar-01
No
Yes
Jan-02
No
Yes
RR - 0005 Rainy River Basin Plan
MPCA
RR - 0010 A Century of Wilderness Preservation in the Rainy Lake Conservancy
Rainy Lake Watershed Area
RR - 0020 Rainy River Flow Investigations
MDNR Division of Ecological
Services
RR - 0020 Basin Planning/Legislative Matters
RR - 0030 March 2001 Meeting Notice and Agenda
RR - 0030 General Goals
2/6/2015
Rainy River Basin West
Committee
Committee
41
MDNR
ID
Title
RR - 0030 July 2002 Meeting Summary
RR - 0030 Aug. 2002 Meeting Notice and Agenda
RR - 0030 Rainy River Basin Project List (Draft)
RR - 0030 Oct. 2002 Meeting Notice and Agenda
RR - 0030 Nov. 2002 Meeting Notice and Agenda
RR - 0030 Nov. 2002 Meeting Summary
RR - 0030 Wetland and Stream/Floodplain Mitigation
Bank Proposal
RR - 0030 Providing Hydrologic and Geomorphologic
Technical Assistance and Training in the
Lake Superior and Rainy River Basins
Author
Agency
Date
Electronic
Copy
Paper
version
Jul-02
No
Yes
Aug-02
No
Yes
2002
No
Yes
Oct-02
No
Yes
Nov-02
Nov-02
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Dec-02
Feb-03
2003
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Dec-03
No
Yes
Dec-03
Jun-04
No
No
Yes
Yes
Feb-05
May-07
No
No
Yes
Yes
US Army
Feb-76
Yes
Yes
US Army
Jun-77
Yes
Yes
19731977
Yes
Yes
Committee
Committee
Committee
Committee
Rainy River Basin Committee
Arrowhead Regional Stream
Team
RR - 0030 Dec. 2002 Meeting Summary
RR - 0030 Feb. 2003 Meeting Summary
RR - 0030 Land Use & Shoreland Development (Draft) Rainy River Basin Committee
RR - 0030 Rainy River Habitat and Flow Analysis
RR - 0030
RR - 0030
RR - 0030
RR - 0030
MN DNR Ecological Service
Stream Habitat Program
Water Plan 2003 Section 1 Goals
Operating Rules of the Basin Committee for Rainy River Basin Committee
the Implementation of the Rainy River Basin
Plan 2004
Feb. 2005 Meeting Notice and Agenda
May. 2007 Meeting Agenda and Oct. 2006 Rainy River Basin Committee
Meeting Summary
RR - 0040 Preliminary Feasibility Report on Small
Navigation Project
RR - 0040 Memorandum of Meeting held June 1977
St. Paul District, Corps of
Engineers
Engineers
RR - 0040 Letters Concerning Feasibility Report
2/6/2015
42
MDNR
ID
Title
RR - 0040 Rainy River Cleanup: A Lesson in Applied
Bureaucracy
RR - 0040 Notice of Application for Permit
Author
Agency
Date
Electronic
Copy
Paper
version
Jul-77
Yes
Yes
US Army
Aug-81
Yes
Yes
LOW County
May-81
Yes
Yes
LOW County
May-81
Yes
Yes
1970
Yes
Yes
1985
No
Yes
Baudette Region, Local Paper
Engineers
Gary Lockner
RR - 0040 Application for a Department of the Army
Permit
Gary Lockner
RR - 0040 Application for Permit to Work in Public
Waters
RR - 0040 Navigable Status of Rainy River, United
States and Dominion of Canada (Minnesota Ontario)
RR - 0050 Unsafe Dioxin Levels Found in Rainy River
Fish
Dean Rebuffoni
RR - 0060 Status Report to The International Rainy
River Pollution Control Board
MPCA
MPCA
Jan-90
No
Yes
RR - 0070 Rainy River Water Quality
Doug Easthouse
LOW SWCD
Dec-96
No
Yes
RR - 0080 Report on Year 2002 High Water Levels in
the Rainy/Namakan Basin
International Rainy Lake Board
of Control
Dec-02
No
Yes
Rainy/ Rapid River Board Staff
Support
Jan-05
Yes
Yes
US Department of the Interior,
State of North Dakota
Dec-05
No
Yes
Jan-07
No
Yes
Dec-07
No
Yes
Richeard Lehtinen
RR - 0100 Recommendation Report From the
Committee On the Environmental Effects of
Peaking on Rainy River
RRV - 0010 Executive Summary: Draft Environmental
Impact Statement Red River Valley Water
Supply Project
RRV - 0010 Executive Summary: Supplemental Draft
Environmental Impact Statement Red River
Valley Water Supply Project
RRV - 0010 Executive Summary: Final Environmental
Impact Statement Red River Valley Water
Supply Project
2/6/2015
Bureau of Reclamation,
Garrison Diversion
Conservancy District
Garrison Diversion
Garrison Diversion
43
ID
Title
WW - 0010 Overall Plan of the Warroad Watershed
District
WW - 0010 Notice of Filing of Revised Watershed
Management Plan
Author
Agency
Dan Money - Prairie Aquatics
Jim Haertel
Les Lemm
ZW - 0010 Environmental Quality Incentives Program
Conservation Priority Area application for the
Zippel Bay Watershed
ZW - 0010 LOW Zippel Bay Project - 8th grade Outline
ZW - 0010 Zippel Bay Project - 7th grade
ZW - 0010 EQIP Conservation Priority Area Proposal
Guidelines
ZW - 0010 Zippel Bay Watershed Project
ZW - 0010 October 22nd Meeting Summary
Electronic
Copy
Paper
version
Warroad River Watershed
District
BWSR
Jan-07
No
Yes
Feb-07
No
Yes
LOW SWCD
Jul-99
No
Yes
No
Yes
May-99
No
No
Yes
Yes
LOW SWCD, USDA-NRCS
LOW County Environmental
Services
MDNR
Jul-99
Oct-98
No
No
Yes
Yes
Jan-99
No
Yes
Ralph Hanson
ZW - 0030 Final Report of Engineer on Lake of the
Woods County Ditch No. 1
ZW - 0030 Zippel Watershed Work Plan for Watershed LOW SWCD, USDA
Protection and Flood Prevention
USDA
Sep-63
No
Yes
LOW SWCD, USDA
Oct-62
No
Yes
ZW - 0030 Detail Plans for Zippel Watershed Protection USDA
and Flood Prevention Project
State of Minnesota
ZW - 0030 Petition for the Establishment and
Construction of County Ditch No. 1 Known
as Zippel Watershed Area Project
USDA, LOW SWCD, LOW
County
Sep-63
No
Yes
Apr-63
No
Yes
ZW - 0040 Zippel Watershed Work Plan for Watershed NRCS (SCS) and SWCD
Protection and Flood Prevention
NRCS (PL566)
1962
no
yes
ZW - 0050 Letters by Nick Painovich
ZW - 0050 Zippel Bay Jetty to Be Dedicated
Zippel Bay Resort Owner
LOW County
May-91
No
No
Yes
Yes
ZW - 0010 Status of Sediment/nutrient study on Zippel
Bay
2/6/2015
Les Lemm and Kelly Voigt
Brent Birkeland
Date
Chris Weir-Koetter
Nick Painovich
LOW County
44
ID
Title
Author
Agency
Date
Electronic
Copy
Paper
version
ZW - 0050 Permit to Change the Course, Current, or
Cross Section of Zippel Bay
ZW - 0050 Public Notice
MDNR
DNR
Nov-82
No
Yes
US Army Corps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers
No
Yes
ZW - 0050 Zippel Bay Access Channel Record of
Decision
ZW - 0050 Environmental Assessment Worksheet
ZW - 0050 Nick Painovich's Application for Permit to
Work in Public Waters
MDNR
MDNR
19831984
Jul-83
No
Yes
MDNR
MDNR
MDNR
MDNR
Oct-82
Sep-78
No
No
Yes
Yes
ZW - 0060 Operation and Maintenance Agreement
Expiration
ZW - 0060 Agreements - O&M
ZW - 0060 Maintenance Inspection Sheet Channel
Improvement
ZW - 0060 Letters to Harold M. Major
Glen Kajewski
Apr-08
No
Yes
Glen Kajewski
John Group, James Berg, and
B.F. Babcock
B.F. Babcock
Jan-88
SWCD, SCS, LOW
Aug-75
Department of Highways
LOW Department of Highways 1975
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ZW - 0060 O&M, Zippel Watershed - Investigation of
Structure Deficiencies
ZW - 0060 Letters from Harold M. Major
ZW - 0060 Zippel Watershed
ZW - 0060 Operation and Maintenance Agreement
Expiration
ZW - 0060 Certification Relating to Land Rights, Water
Rights, and Construction Permits for the
Zippel Watershed
Richard B. Cullen
Area Engineer
Jun-72
No
Yes
Harry M. Major
Richard B. Cullen
LOW Board of Commissioners,
LOW SWCD, SCS USDA
LOW SWCD, SCS USDA
Area Engineer
LOW SWCD, SCS USDA
LOW SWCD, SCS USDA
Feb-73
Oct-71
Apr-64
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Nov-67
No
Yes
ZW - 0070 Maintenance Inspection Sheet Channel
Improvement
ZW - 0070 Field Notes on Aerial Photos
USDA
USDA
Oct-96
No
Yes
USDA
USDA
Oct-96
No
Yes
ZW - 0080 Zippel Bay Watershed Priority Area
ZW - 0080 Funds Available for Water Quality Projects
in Zippel Bay Watershed
ZW - 0080 EQIP 2000 Timelines and Process
ZW - 0080 Local Water Planning Newsletter
Les Lemm, Kelly Voigt
Kelly Voigt
LOW SWCD, USDA-NRCS
USDA-NRCS
Jul-99
Feb-00
No
No
Yes
Yes
William Hunt
Doug Thomas
BWSR
Feb-00
1999
No
No
Yes
Yes
2/6/2015
45
ID
Title
Date
Electronic
Copy
Paper
version
LOW County
Oct-01
Yes
Yes
ZW - 0090 Construction and Materials Specifications for North Central MN SWCD's
Lake of the Woods County Streambank
Joint Powers Board
Protection
SWCD
Jul-03
No
Yes
ZW - 0100 Rainy River Basin TMDL Work Plan:
Southeast Lake of the Woods Impaired
Waters Project
ZW - 0100 Timeline of Land Use Changes in the
Zippel/Williams Area
ZW - 0100 Meeting for SE Lake of the Woods Impaired
Waters Project
ZW - 0100 Meeting for SE Lake of the Woods Impaired
Waters Project
ZW - 0100 Multi-core investigation of a lotic bay of Lake
of the Woods (Zippel Paleo study)
ZW - 0100 SE LOW TMDL Total Project Expense List
LOW SWCD
LOW SWCD
Jul-04
No
Yes
May-05
No
Yes
ZW - 0085 A Geotechnical Evaluation Report for Lake
of the Woods County - Ditch 1
Author
Agency
Braun Intertec Corporation
LOW SWCD, MPCA
LOW SWCD, MPCA
Mar-04
No
Yes
LOW SWCD, MPCA
LOW SWCD, MPCA
Oct-04
No
Yes
Euan D. Reavie, Nolan
Baratono
LOW SWCD
Natural Resources Research
Institute
LOW SWCD
May-07
Yes
Yes
Jun-05
No
Yes
ZW - 0100 SE LOW TMDL Advisory Committee
Meeting
ZW - 0100 Cooperative Work Plan for SE LOW TMDL
LOW SWCD, MPCA
LOW SWCD, MPCA
Jun-05
No
Yes
Nolan Baratono
MPCA
Jun-03
No
Yes
ZW - 0100 Ch. 4: Overall Strategies for Each Water
Resource
Technical Committee
MPCA, MCES, U of M, MDH,
NRCA, MLA, MDNR, MDA
No
Yes
ZW - 0108 Williams Creek Dissolved Oxygen TMDL
Project Final Report
Mike Hirst
LOW SWCD
Jan-11
Yes
Yes
SWCD and Houston
Engineering
Jun-13
Yes
Yes
Feb-95
No
Yes
ZW - 0110 Zippel and Bostic Bay Bathymetry Collection Johnson, Stephanie
and Zippel Bay Sedimentation Analysis
G - 0010
Care, Maintenance and Storage for Sondes YSI Incorporated
2/6/2015
46
ID
Title
G - 0010
Making Good DO Measurements with YSI
Water Quality Meters
Monitoring purpose, data uses and goals
G - 0010
G - 0010
Citizen Stream-Monitoring Program
Secchi Disk Instructions
G - 0020
G - 0010
Author
Agency
Date
Electronic
Copy
Paper
version
No
Yes
Volunteer Surface Water
Monitoring Guide
MPCA
MPCA
2003
No
Yes
MPCA
Aug-02
No
No
Yes
Yes
Protecting and Restoring America's
Watersheds
EPA
EPA
Jun-01
No
Yes
G - 0030
On the Mitchell
Brenda M. Rose
Mitchell River Watershed
Coalition
1998
No
Yes
G - 0030
G - 0030
Watershed Characteristics
Selected Water Quality Characteristics of
Minimally Impacted Streams from
Minnesota's Seven Ecoregions
Sylvia McCollor and Steven
Heiskary
MPCA
Feb-93
No
No
Yes
Yes
G - 0035
Coastal Erosion Processes and Slope
Stability Problems
Gene Clark
BWSR
Jan-02
No
Yes
G - 0040
Actions to Strengthen Core Clean Water
Programs
Fate and Transport of Nutrients - Nitrogen
EPA
EPA
Apr-98
No
Yes
Ronald F. Follet
USDA
Sep-95
No
Yes
Fate and Transport of Nutrients Phosphorus
Andrew Sharpley
USDA
Oct-95
No
Yes
Mike Hirst, Joe Magner, and
BR - 0010 The Total Maximum Daily Load for Low
Dissolved Oxygen from the headwaters of
Nolan Baratono
the Baudette River to the Rainy River, HUC:
0903-0008-006
LOW Environmental
Department & SWCD, MPCA
Mar-06
No
No
BR - 0010 Baudette River TMDL and LOW SE
Tributaries TMDL Meeting
BR - 0010 Baudette River Impaired Waters Project
Public Meeting
LOW SWCD, MPCA
May-03
No
Yes
LOW SWCD, MPCA
Sep-04
No
Yes
G - 0040
G - 0040
2/6/2015
47
ID
Title
Author
Agency
BR - 0020 Baudette Estuary-Dissolved Oxygen
Impairment Verification and TMDL
Development for AUID #09030008-536 Final Report
Mike Hirst
LOW SWCD
BC - 0008 Preapplication Report Bostic Creek
Watershed
Soil Conservation Service,
Wilkinson
SCS USDA
Date
Electronic
Copy
Paper
version
Jul-11
Yes
Yes
Oct-84
Yes
Yes
HDR Engineering, Inc.
BC - 0010 Lake of the Woods County Bostic Creek
Flooding and Sediment Source Investigation
and Sediment Reduction Study
LOW County
Jun-05
Yes
Yes
BC - 0020 Engineering Study and Preliminary Design
for the Stabilization of Judicial Ditch 28 and
custom NRCS soils report
BC - 0020 Supporting information for study and
challenge grant
John Hodgson, JPB Engineer
North Central MN Joint Powers Jan-08
Board Engineer
Yes
Yes
staff person
SWCD
Jan-08
No
Yes
BC - 0030 1940's aerial photo index for referencing the staff person
proper aerial photos in Bostic watershed
NRCS
Jan-10
Yes
Yes
BC - 0040 County Rd 8 Bridge Replacement, permit
application for US ACOE
BC - 0040 County Rd 8 Bridge Replacement, hand
drawing of channel changes after bridge
replacement
LOW County Hwy Dept
US Army Corps of Engineers
Sep-79
Yes
Yes
Aug-07
Yes
Yes
BC - 0050 Cross sections of JD 28, 2007 to 2013.
Overlaid to show comparisons.
Pete Cooper, NRCS Hyd
Engineer
NRCS, JPB
Jul-13
Yes
Yes
BC - 0060 Bostic and Zippel Creeks Watershed
Assessment, LOW County
Pete Cooper, NRCS Hyd
Engineer
NRCS, SWCD
Jan-13
Yes
Yes
RPD - 0040 The Low Down - History of the Rapid River
and The Rapid River Drive
Ed Hanson, John Laughy
Lake of the Woods Historical
Society
Apr-10
No
Yes
RPD - 0040 The Low Down - The Great Ditch
Experiment
Wayne Alsop
Lake of the Woods Historical
Society
Oct-09
No
Yes
2/6/2015
Dan Crompton, Hwy Dept staff
48
ID
Title
Author
Agency
Date
Electronic
Copy
Paper
version
RPD - 0050 Rapid River Initial Fisheries Stream Survey
Dennis Topp
DNR Fisheries
Mar-12
Yes
Yes
WPG-0010 Reducing Nutrient Loading to Lake
Winnipeg and its Watershed
WPG-0010 Managing the Water Resources of the
Winnipeg River Drainage Basin
Lake Winnipeg Stewardship
Board
LWCB
Lake Winnipeg Stewardship
Board
LWCB
Dec-06
No
Yes
Nov-02
No
Yes
2/6/2015
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Draft 2015 Water Plan Update - Lake of the Woods Soil and Water

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