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CMP Part 3A. Environmental Protection Plan <br /> Lydiard Lake is the most rural of Orono's lakes, being surrounded by heavily wooded rolling hills. <br /> Dickey's Lake has become surrounded by low density residential development over the past 30 years. <br /> Lake Classen is surrounded by orchards, woods and open fields with a handful of homes overlooking its' <br /> waters. The Orono School District maintains a nature study area and waterfowl ponds on Classen's east <br /> shore. Mooney Lake's shore is relatively undeveloped in Orono and Medina, but the lake's watershed has <br /> received growing pressures from urbanization in Plymouth, including usage conflicts, elevation concerns <br /> due to lack of a natural outlet, and urban storm water pollution inflow. <br /> Long Lake is the second largest and 2nd most actively used lake in Orono :--'-: . - '- -- . :. The <br /> east and west shores have been developed at rural residential densities. The north shore has mixed rural <br /> residential areas and one denser housing cluster dating from the 1930's. The south shore is bordered by <br /> the City of Long Lake and is urbanized to the same degree as much of Lake Minnetonka. <br /> Long Lake has experienced storm water problems as well as increased usage pressures. In recent years, <br /> the expansion of Carp and other fish have suspended solids, degrading water quality. The Cities of <br /> Medina, Long Lake, and Orono have agreed to study the issue. <br /> Orono also has identified a number of protected tributary streams which are subject to Shoreland <br /> regulations. These are shown in the following table: <br /> Table 3A-3: Protected Tributary treatns <br /> Tributary Name From: To: <br /> Section Township Range Section Township Range <br /> Long Lake Creek 35 (Basin 160-P) 118 23 10(Basin 141-P) 117 23 <br /> "Wolsfeld"Creek 27(City limit) 118 23 26(Basin 160-P) 118 23 <br /> Tributary to Wolsfeld Creek 26(City limit) 118 23 27 118 23 <br /> from Holy Name Lake <br /> Dickeys Lake Creek 27(Basin 161-P) 118 23 34(Basin 160-P) 118 23 <br /> Stubbs Bay Creek(aka 32(Basin 162-P) 118 23 5 (Basin 133-P) 117 23 <br /> Classen Creek) <br /> Painter's Creek 30(Basin 154-P) 118 23 31 (City limit) 118 23 <br /> The second most significant and most universal natural amenity in Orono is its many wetlands and <br /> marshlands comprising Lake Minnetonka's upland drainage system. Orono's nearly 1600 acres of <br /> marshland and wetlands comprise fully one-sixth of the City's land area. Map 3A-2 indicates how the <br /> marshland and drainageways are scattered throughout the City. <br /> City of Orono Community Management Plan 2020-2040 Part 3A, Page 5 <br />