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I I I r r r r i: r i: i; t I I I I I I PROTECTED TRIBUTARY STREAMS From:To: Sec.Two.R.Sec.Twp.R. 35 (Basin I60-P)118 23 lO(Basin 141-P)117 23 27 (City limit)118 23 26(Basin 160-P)118 23 26 (City limit)118 23 27 118 23 27 (Basin 161-P)118 23 34 (Basin 160-P) 118 23 32 (Basin 162-P)118 23 5 (Basin 133-P)117 23 30 (Basin 154-P)118 23 31 (City limit)118 23 Tributary Name - Long Lake Creek - "Wolsfeld" Creci - TributarN to Wolsfeld Creek from Holy Name Lake - Dickeys Lake Creek - Stubbs Bav Creek (aka Classen Creek) - Painter's Creek Lydiard Lake is the most sylvan of Orono's lakes being surrounded by heavily wooded rolling hills. No Only minimal residential development encroaches on its pastoral setting. Dickey's Lake is centered in open fields has become surrounded bv low density residential development over the past 20 years but its steep slopes and low elevation have preclud ed any extensive d evelopment or encroachment. Lake Classen, in Orono's rural area, is surrounded by orchards and farm fields with a handfull of homes overlooking its waters. The Orono School District maintains a nature study area and waterfowl ponds on Classen's east shore. Mooney Lake's shore is essentially relatively undeveloped in Orono and Medina, but the lake has received growing pressures from urbanization in Plymouth, including usage conflicts, elevation concerns due to lack of a natural outlet, and urban storm water pollution inflow. Long Lake is the largest and most actively used lake in Orono other than Minnetonka. The east and west shores have been developed at rural residential densities. The north shore has mixed rural residential areas and one more dense housing cluster dating from the 1930's. The south shore is bordered by the City of Long Lake and is urbanized to the same degree as much of Lake Minnetonka. Long Lake has experienced stonn water problems and has recently had as well as increased usage pressures resulting from over use of power boats and personal watercraft, and plans for multiple family residen ces and d ocks on the south shorty The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District in the late 1990's implemented a multi faceted stormwater improvement project for Lomz Lake includine construction of water quality retention ponds in the two main tributaries feedinu the lake, and alum treatments within the lake basin for phosphorus control. The second most significant and most universal natural amenity in Orono are the many wetlands and marshlands comprising Lake Minnetonka's upland drainage system. Orono's six sq uare miles 1600 acres of marshland and wetlands comprise fully one-third sixth of the City's land area. Map No.__indicates how the marshland and drainageways are scattered throughout the City. CMP 3A - 6 I