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Primary management objectives of the District are to prevent unacceptable erosion from occurring within the numerous meanders and manage channel stability. From a recreational perspective, large amounts of public lands are located along the creek and at the Long Lake Regional Park. The Anoka CountylRice Creek Regional Trail System continues through this subwatershed and the District will coordinate with the parks departments of Ramsey and Anoka Counties to enhance the recreational opportunities within this subwatershed. There is a city swimming beach at Moore Lake in Fridley which was improved following a Clean Lakes Grant administered by the city. Additionally, Spring Lake is used by the DNR as a rearing pond but has had occasional winterkill problems. Long Lake Chain of Lakes projects were conducted in the Long Lake basin to remove sediments and to also treat sediments to reduce internal loading of phosphorus. Other project work has included numerous bank stabilization projects and arlmini.tration of a bank stabilization grant program described in the District's original 509 capital improvements program. Also in the program is a description of a project for Locke Lake which is located immediately above East River Road. The lake has been subject to sedimentation and has had several attempts at initiation of the projects to remove sediment from the impoundment. In an effort to better understand flood flows in Rice Creek, the District has installed continuous flow gauges to aid in calibration of District hydrology models. Peak flows observed in the creek have r;p-ely exceeded 700 cfs. Modeling data predicts a 100-year peak flow of over 2,000 cfs. It is hoped that calibration of the hydrology models with the gauged information will lead to more accurate representation of flows. District policies regarding lower Rice Creek flooding is being formed during completion of the three-phase flood profile study. 4-26 10/97 I J I I I I I I I II I I I I I I ~ I