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• Designated by the MnDNR as a Migratory Waterfowl Feeding and Resting Area <br /> (MW FRA). <br /> • Designated by the MnDNR as a Wildlife Lake. <br /> • Has an estimated coverage of wild rice per the MnDNR's Wild Rice Distribution and <br /> Abundance Inventory (2008). <br /> Basic Lake Characteristics for Management Decisions <br /> The basic lake characteristics are: <br /> • Lake surface area <br /> • Shallow lake status <br /> • Impaired water <br /> • Watershed area <br /> • Watershed area to lake surface area ratio <br /> Lake Surface Area. The lake surface area is the areal extent of the lake basin as given in the <br /> MCES Lakes and Rivers GIS layer (2005). <br /> Shallow Lakes. The Priority Lakes List uses the MnDNR definition of a shallow lake as one <br /> having a maximum depth of 15 feet or less. Whereas both shallow lakes and deeper lakes can <br /> benefit from improved watershed management, shallow lakes may require additional in-lake <br /> management strategies to address those issues that have a more pronounced effect on shallow <br /> lakes (for example, frequent internal cycling of nutrients, greater loading of nutrients, <br /> disturbance by bottom dwelling animals, and maintaining healthy aquatic plant populations). <br /> Impaired Water. The Priority Lakes List indicates whether a lake is listed as an impaired water <br /> because of a negatively affected beneficial use according to the 2014 Inventory of Impaired <br /> Waters of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). An impaired lake means it is not <br /> meeting water quality standards and beneficial use(s), as designated in Minnesota Rule 7050. <br /> Watershed Area. The watershed area of a priority lake is the total area of the lake basin itself <br /> and any upgradient basins as delineated in MnDNR's GIS layer"DNR Watersheds - DNR Level <br /> 08 - All Catchments." <br /> Watershed Area to Lake Surface Area Ratio. The ratio of the watershed area to lake surface <br /> area provides an indication of the potential relative stress put on a lake by runoff from the lake's <br /> watershed. The greater the ratio, the greater the stress applied to the lake from external <br /> loadings of pollutants. <br /> 67 <br />