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Once remediation of the contamination of Round Lake is complete, we intend to continue and enhance our partnership with Cityand Countyas we work together to provide for additional public use on the Round Lake Unit by expanding theexisting trail, as appropriate. We also support the City’sefforts to expand the use of theirparklands at south end of lake. We believe that there is an opportunity to link the existing trail, and the City parklands,to the Service access area near the Round Lake outlet. Such a trail link would facilitate wildlife observation and photography, as well as self-directed wildlife interpretation opportunities Environmental Education and Interpretation.Significant opportunities to expand the environmental education programmingand interpretation opportunitieson the Round Lake Unit exist with relatively small investment in infrastructure on Service and City lands at the south end of Round Lake. The development of a trail, boardwalk, and teaching platform adjacent to the City’s parkland would expand the potential for programs and activities hosted jointly by the Service and other organizations. With this development,the area would be suited to outdoor classroom or interpretiveactivitiesin a natural habitat and provide a contrast to the highly developed areas that surround it. It would serve Arden Hills and nearby communitiesas a location for these types of programs.Education and interpretive components would be formal or self-led in partnership with Refuge staff and volunteers. The site would be availablefor use by educators who participate in theRefuge’s Partner Teacherprogram.This program offers a teacher-led environmental education program that emphasizes teacher training, fieldtrip planning support and multi-disciplinary, standard based curriculum.The Refuge Partner Teacher Program is open to any teacher interested in using the Refuge as anoutdoor classroomto give studentshands-on, real life experiences with plants and wildlife. Examples of programming already developed for other units of the Refuge that would be applicable to this Unit are pond studies (including dip netting), fishing and fish ecology, wildlife management,uplandand wetlandplant identification, water quality, and habitat ecology. The Round Lake Unit also would be a site to support local scouting and other community youth development or service programs. Itwould support environmental studies programming for Bethel Collegeandother institutions of higher learning. Fishing.Historically, Round Lake supported a fishery that included sunfish, crappie, bass, and other game fish. Pending the clean-up of TCAAP-sourced contaminants, Round Lake would again be opened to public fishing. Access would be limited to bank fishing onlyto reduce disturbance to the larger expanse of open water in the basin. The trails along the south and west sides are likely access points. There is the potential for a designated fishingpier off the southeast shore. We would seek a partnership with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MNDNR) to include a rehabilitated Round Lake in the “Fishing in the Neighborhood” program. With this program, the MNDNR would list the lake on itswebsite and build the fishery via stocking. Disallowed Activities.Some public use activities would not be allowed on the Round Lake Unit. The Unit is designated as closed to general public hunting programsin our recent Refuge Visitor Services Plan. We have no intention of opening the Unit topublichunting due to the size and urban characterof the Unit. All public boating activities, regardless of method of propulsion, currently are prohibited on the Unit to reduce wildlife disturbance.This prohibition would remain in place in the future. Activities that are not priority public uses and therefore not 8/6/2013 16 USFWS RLMP