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tLake Vegetation Management Plan EWM. This plan will address these non - native aqautic plant problems and will have flexibility built into it to address other problems should they arise in the future. Percent frequencies of occurrence of surveyed sites. Section III: Public Input Process (narrative): Email and phone calls were sent to the Lake Owasso Association, Cities of Shoreview and, Roseville, and Grass Lake WMO explaining the clause allowing Lake Owasso to chemically treat a greater percentage of littoral area than the rest of the lakes in Minnesota is set to expire in April of 2014. Before this clause expires the DNR is partnering with the Lake Owasso Association and Grass Lake WMO to create this lake vegetation management plan for Lake Owasso. DNR representatives met with the Lake Owasso Association, Grass lake WMO and board member, and representatives from the city of Shoreview and the City of Roseville on November 29, 2011 and discussed the issues that required the LVMP and how it would affect the lakeshore owners. From the input process there were two main goals identified. The first was to aggressively control the invasive aquatic plants, Eurasian water milfoil and Curly -leaf Pondweed. A second goal would be maintain /improve the diversity and abundance of native aquatic plants and maintain or improve the water quality in Lake Owasso and is to build some flexibility into the plan to address other problems if they become apparent in the future. A second meeting will be held consisting of the groups that initially met to discuss and review the draft of the LVMP. Once an LVMP is developed there will be a notice in the paper, a public meeting, and a 30 day comment period. * * * * ** {This area will be filled in with more detail as it happens} Lake Owasso LVMP 2 June -2010 May -2007 197 pts. 197 pts. Eurasian Watermilfoil 54 23 Elodea 34 0 Slender Naiad 30 4 Chara 30 19 Sago Pondweed 19 9 Filamentous Algae 18 56 Curlyleaf Pondweed 17 71 Flat -stem Pondweed 13 0 Coontail 11 14 Northern Watermilfoil 7 7 Large -leaf Pondweed 7 9 White Waterlily 3 3 Yellow Waterlily 2 7 Watershield 1 0 Horned pondweed 0 1 Floatingleaf Pondweed 0 2 Section III: Public Input Process (narrative): Email and phone calls were sent to the Lake Owasso Association, Cities of Shoreview and, Roseville, and Grass Lake WMO explaining the clause allowing Lake Owasso to chemically treat a greater percentage of littoral area than the rest of the lakes in Minnesota is set to expire in April of 2014. Before this clause expires the DNR is partnering with the Lake Owasso Association and Grass Lake WMO to create this lake vegetation management plan for Lake Owasso. DNR representatives met with the Lake Owasso Association, Grass lake WMO and board member, and representatives from the city of Shoreview and the City of Roseville on November 29, 2011 and discussed the issues that required the LVMP and how it would affect the lakeshore owners. From the input process there were two main goals identified. The first was to aggressively control the invasive aquatic plants, Eurasian water milfoil and Curly -leaf Pondweed. A second goal would be maintain /improve the diversity and abundance of native aquatic plants and maintain or improve the water quality in Lake Owasso and is to build some flexibility into the plan to address other problems if they become apparent in the future. A second meeting will be held consisting of the groups that initially met to discuss and review the draft of the LVMP. Once an LVMP is developed there will be a notice in the paper, a public meeting, and a 30 day comment period. * * * * ** {This area will be filled in with more detail as it happens} Lake Owasso LVMP 2