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1988 WQRK PLAN Of METRO WATER ACCESS COMMITTEE <br />SMALL LAKES ACCESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM <br />Within the seven -county area there are 325 lakes ranging from 10-100 acres in <br />size and totalling 11,979 acres which have some potential for fish management <br />and watercraft access. A selective inventory was made of the DNR's Division of <br />Waters Protected Waters Inventory which includes lakes and types 3, 4, and 5 <br />wetlands, 2.5 acres and larger in size. Water areas classified as lakes and <br />type 5 wetlands were selected from the overall inventory. Lakes included are <br />defined as generally greater than 10 feet in depth, whereas type 5 wetlands are <br />generally 5-10 feet deep. No type 3 or 4 wetlands are included in the <br />following county -by -county selective inventory. <br />County <br />Number of Water Areas <br />Total Acreage <br />Anoka <br />26 <br />1,111 <br />Carver <br />22 <br />959 <br />Dakota <br />41 <br />984 <br />Hennepin <br />78 <br />2.745 <br />Ramsey <br />39 <br />1,495 <br />Scott <br />18 <br />777 <br />Washington <br />101 <br />3,908 <br />Totals <br />325 <br />11,979 <br />Small lakes are capable of providing intense fishing recreation provided from <br />100-600 person hours/acres of fishing. Other recreational uses are canoeing <br />and sailing both of which can be very popular on small lakes because of their <br />more passive nature. <br />Development of access sites on small lakes require preparation of an intensive <br />fish management plan by DNR's Section of Fisheries to meet statutory require- <br />ments for establishing a public access and to be certain the lake can produce a <br />game fish population. <br />Small lakes to be considered for access development and intensive fish <br />management will be selected from proposals by local communities in the <br />seven -county area based on the fo;lowinq criteria: <br />I. Sufficiency of public land for access. <br />2. Local management commitment to operation and maintenance. <br />3. Lake size. <br />4. The estimated cost of intensive fish management as prescribed and estimated <br />5• <br />ri <br />by the DNR fish management plan prepared for proposed lakes. <br />The results of a local assessment of the need for spec 1al water <br />regu ations. <br />Cost shar;rg commitment by the sponsoring local <br />PRODUCT/PROJECT DESCRIPTION: <br />Local prop�sais w;11 be solicited July 1, 1988. to b <br />announced by the ONR and the Metre Water Access Comm <br />8 <br />surface use I <br />