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CMP Part 3A. Environmental Protection Plan <br /> ORONO'S LAKES, CREEKS AND WETLANDS <br /> Other significant lakes in Orono include Long Lake, Mooney Lake, Lydiard <br /> Lake, Lake Classen and Dickey's Lake. Lydiard Lake and Dickey's Lake drain <br /> into Long Lake which in turn flows into Long Lake Creek and eventually <br /> Tanager Lake (bay) of Lake Minnetonka. Lake Classen drains into Stubbs Bay of <br /> Lake Minnetonka and Mooney Lake drains through Plymouth and Wayzata <br /> before discharging into Wayzata Bay of Lake Minnetonka. <br /> Table 3A-2: Lake Sizes and Shoreland Classifications <br /> Lake Classification Total Basin Basin Area in OHWL DNR <br /> Area(Acres) City of Orono Protected Waters <br /> (Acres) Inventory Number <br /> Natural Environment(NE) <br /> Lake Classen 1 17 ] 17 974.5' 162-P <br /> Dickey Lake 26 26 985.5' 161-W <br /> French Lake (South Basin Only) <br /> (Includes 78 ac. wetlands) 89 89 930.0' 140-P <br /> Lydiard Lake <br /> (Includes 20 ac. wetlands) 33 33 970.9' l 59-P <br /> Lake Katrina <br /> (Includes 26 ac. wetlands in Orono) 544 27 --- 154-P <br /> Recreational Development(RD) <br /> Long Lake 320 210 944.3' 160-P <br /> Mooney Lake 118 l0 988.0' 134-P <br /> Tanager Lake(Part of Lk Mtka) (74) (74) 929.4' l 41-P <br /> Generai Development(GD) <br /> Forest Lake (Part ofLk Mtka) (l27) (127) 929.4' 139-P <br /> Lake Minnetonka 14,310 4,750 929.4' 133-P <br /> Lydiard Lake is the most sylvan of Orono's lakes, being surrounded by heavily <br /> wooded rolling hills. Only minimal residential development encroaches on its <br /> pastoral setting. Dickey's Lake is has become surrounded by low density <br /> residential development over the past?-8 30 years. Lake Classen, in Orono's rural <br /> area, is surrounded by orchards, woods and open €a� fields with a handful of <br /> homes overlooking its waters. The Orono School District maintains a nature <br /> study area and waterfowl ponds on Classen's east shore. Mooney Lake's shore is <br /> relatively undeveloped in Orono and Medina, but the lake has received growing <br /> pressures from urbanization in Plymouth, including usage conflicts, elevation <br /> concerns due to lack of a natural outlet, and urban storm water pollution inflow. <br /> City of Orono Community Management Plan 2008-2030 Page 3A-4 <br />