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<br /> <br />Stubbs Bay Hennepin County: LVMP start year- end year (2024-2029) 2 | P a g e <br /> <br />REQUIRED ANNUAL MONITORING & REPORTING <br />Failure to complete all required monitoring and reporting may result in no variance or permit the following year. <br />Data will be provided to DNR Invasive Species Specialist using their data reporting template. <br />Stubbs Bay, Lake Minnetonka, Hennepin County (27-0133-12) <br />Required Monitoring <br />(see table below <br />for survey timing) <br />1. Summer delineations (Post 2024) <br />2. Annual, late season point-intercept survey to track native plant <br />community changes. <br />Justification, History & <br />Public Participation <br />Process <br />Justification <br />• Currently CLP is the most abundant species in early summer, <br />recently completed delineations reveal ~ 50% of the littoral area <br />is dominated by CLP in early summer. CLP levels may be <br />contributing to increased Phosphorus release in early summer. <br />• Currently EWM/HWM is at 11% FOO, requiring minimal <br />treatment, however CLP treatments may provide increased <br />habitat potential as well as water clarity increases which <br />additionally will expand potential EWM/HWM populations <br />History <br />• Stubbs bay has not had significant management (16.8 acres of <br />CLP/EWM treatment in 2024) <br />Public Participation <br />• The program has been supported by the private homeowners, <br />The Lake Minnetonka Association along with financial support <br />from the grants. <br />Cooperator(s): <br /> <br />The Lake Minnetonka Association, Private lakeshore property owners, <br />Minnesota Department of Natural Resources <br /> <br />Special Conditions APM permits are restricted to a maximum of a 50 foot-wide along shore <br />treatment area on years of full-bay treatments <br />63