Minor watershed number(s): 31058
The project area is minor watershed 31058, located within the Watonwan River Major Watershed.
This is a MPCA-funded, Phase II - Implementation, Clean Water Partnership Project (CWP). The project began in 1992 and is funded through September of 1999. The implementation plan is divided into four separate phases and the project is currently in Phase III. Project implementation priorities are public information and education, fertilizer, management, conservation tillage, gully erosion control, mechanical weed harvesting, and continued project monitoring.
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Biological Monitoring
Data Summary |
Mountain Lake Project, Phase II - Implementation (CWP) includes data from an ongoing effort to harvest, chemically control, and monitor aquatic macrophytes in the lake. |
Data Description |
Mountain Lake Project, Phase II - Implementation (CWP)
Data: Biological Monitoring
Format: Hard Copy File/Map
Status: In Progress
Date: 1999
Source (contact): Cottonwood County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)
Pedigree (originator): Cottonwood County SWCD, Mountain Lake Association and Mountain Lake Sportsman's Club
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No additional comments.
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Last update 2/99 |
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Best Management Practices (BMP) Focus Projects
Data Summary |
Mountain Lake Project, Phase II - Implementation (CWP) includes data from an ongoing effort to implement BMPs in the project area. The following BMPs are focused on in the implementation plan: fertilizer management, conservation tillage practices, gully erosion treatments (terraces, grassed waterways, grade stabilization dams), enrollment of farmland in CRP or RIM, wetland protection, water and sediment control basins, and tile outlets. |
Data Description |
Mountain Lake Project, Phase II - Implementation (CWP)
Data: BMP Focus Projects
Format: Hard Copy Map
Status: In Progress
Date: 1999
Source (contact): Cottonwood County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)
Pedigree (originator): Cottonwood County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)
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No additional comments.
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Last update 2/99 |
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Surface Water Quality Monitoring
Data Summary |
Mountain Lake Project, Phase II - Implementation (CWP) includes surface water quality data collected from eight in-lake and in-flow sites throughout 1996. Sample analysis includes: Total Phosphorus, Chloride, Chlorophyll-a and Transparency. |
Data Description |
Mountain Lake Project, Phase II - Implementation (CWP)
Data: Surface Water Quality Monitoring
Format: Hard Copy File/Map
Status: Complete
Date: 1996
Source (contact): Cottonwood County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD)
Pedigree (originator): Cottonwood County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
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No additional comments.
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Last update 2/99 |
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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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