MRBDC Lake Shaokatan Restoration Project, Phase II - Implementation (CWP)


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Lake Shaokatan Restoration Project, Phase II - Implementation (CWP)



Minor watershed number(s):   25147

The project area is the Lake Shaokatan lakeshed which is located in minor watershed 25147 in the Hawk Creek-Yellow Medicine River Major Watershed.

The Lake Shaokatan Restoration Project was a Phase II - Implementation, MPCA Clean Water Partnership Project, funded in 1993 and completed in 1995. The Yellow Medicine River Watershed District in cooperation with the Lincoln County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), Shaokatan Lakeshore Association, Verdi Sportsman Club, Lincoln County Water Task Force, Lincoln County, Shaokatan Sportsman Club, Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), Farm Service Agency, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and Ducks Unlimited sponsored the implementation phase of this Clean Water Partnership Project. In-lake monitoring continued throughout this Phase II - Implementation project. Implementation priorities included feedlot containment systems, wetland restorations, livestock exclusions, drain tile rerouting, and best management practices (BMPs).




Best Management Practices (BMP) Focus Projects

Data Summary Lake Shaokatan Restoration Project, Phase II - Implementation (CWP) includes data from implementation priorities such as feedlot containment systems, wetland restorations, livestock exclusions, drain tile rerouting, and best management practices (BMPs).
Data Description Lake Shaokatan Restoration Project, Phase II - Implementation (CWP)
Data:   BMP Focus Projects
Format:  Hard Copy File
Status: Complete
Date:  1995
Source (contact):   Yellow Medicine River Watershed District (YMRWD)
Pedigree (originator):  Lincoln County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), Yellow Medicine River Watershed District (YMRWD)

Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99

Surface Water Quality Monitoring

Data Summary Lake Shaokatan Restoration Project, Phase II - Implementation (CWP) includes in-lake water quality data from monitoring during the 1993 -1995 sampling seasons. Analysis included ortho-phosphorus, total phosphorus, nitrate/nitrite-nitrogen, ammonia, total kjeldahl nitrogen, chlorophyll-a, pH, temperature, turbidity, conductivity, alkalinity, sulfate, silica, iron, manganese, total suspended solids, and algae/zooplankton for in-lake grab samples.
Data Description Lake Shaokatan Restoration Project, Phase II - Implementation (CWP)
Data:   Surface Water Quality Monitoring
Format:  Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1995
Source (contact):   Yellow Medicine River Watershed District (YMRWD)
Pedigree (originator):  Yellow Medicine River Watershed District (YMRWD), Citizen's Lake Monitoring Program, Lakeshore Association, Lincoln County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)

Comments No additional comments.

Last update 2/99

Surface Water Quantity (Flow) Monitoring

Data Summary Lake Shaokatan Restoration Project, Phase II - Implementation (CWP) includes automated flow lake level measurements collected from 1993 -1995.
Data Description Lake Shaokatan Restoration Project, Phase II - Implementation (CWP)
Data:   Surface Water Quantity Monitoring
Format:  Electronic Database/Hard Copy Map
Status: Complete
Date:  1995
Source (contact):   Yellow Medicine River Watershed District (YMRWD)
Pedigree (originator):  Yellow Medicine River Watershed District (YMRWD), Citizen's Lake Monitoring Program, Shaokatan Lake Association, Lincoln County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD).

Comments No additional comments.

Last update 2/99

Wetlands

Data Summary Lake Shaokatan Restoration Project, Phase II - Implementation (CWP) includes data from three wetland restorations completed from 1993-1995.
Data Description Lake Shaokatan Restoration Project, Phase II - Implementation (CWP)
Data:   Wetland Restorations
Format:  Electronic Database
Status: Complete
Date:  1995
Source (contact):   Yellow Medicine River Watershed District (YMRWD)
Pedigree (originator):  Lincoln County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), Yellow Medicine River Watershed District (YMRWD)

Comments No additional comments.
Last update 2/99

DISCLAIMER

These data have been inventoried by the Water Resources Center at Minnesota State University, Mankato.   Although every effort has been made to validate data, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the Water Resources Center as to the accuracy of the database; nor shall the fact of distribution constitute any such warranty.   The Water Resources Center continues to update and correct data as necessary.




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