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LINKS:
This link is to a blog site set up by one of the lake residents. This site is not associated with the Little Rock Lake Association in any way. We've added this link for those who may be interested in it.
Below are some excellent reference documents related to water quality,
lake and shoreland management:
Septic System Owner's Guide - This site contains example links to what is in the Booklet
"Septic System Owner's Guide" which can be ordered from the U of M Extension Service. Upon review of the material shown under the links on this page, there seems to be a lot of good information shown which could be helpful to viewers of the site.
SHALLOW LAKES - Hope for Minnesota's Troubled Waters.pdf - (5.12 MB) excellent resource for what happens with shallow lakes. (2005 document. DNR)
NATURALIZING YOUR SHORELINE.pdf - (407 KB) Short answers to frequently asked questions about naturalizing your shoreline. MARCH 2001
DNR NEWS - Your Lake, Our Lakes: Becoming a good shoreline steward.pdf - (17.2 KB) This is from Fall 2005.
The MPCA devoted a 2004 issue of its Minnesota Environment magazine to the effort to identify and restore impaired waters.
Another useful resource for learning more about sources of pollution, lake management strategies, and things that lakeshore and watershed residents can do to help protect and restore our lakes is the lake protection guide on the MPCA's web site
http://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/volunteer-monitoring.html. There are still many lakes and streams for which we have little or no monitoring data. Citizens can play a big role in helping to fill these information gaps by becoming a volunteer lake monitor. Information is available at this MPCA web site.
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/shorelandmgmt/index.html, The DNR has an extensive site on shoreland management including details about their shoreland habitat restoration grant program (see http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/grants/habitat/shoreland.html; applications are due in September).
The Department of Agriculture's web site includes information about water protection at http://www.mda.state.mn.us/protecting/waterprotection/default.htm, including detailed information about lawn care and water quality
http://www.shorelandmanagement.org/ Additional information about shoreland management can also be found here on the Minnesota Shoreland Management Guide web site. (the site is a joint effort of the U of MN's Water Resources Center and Minnesota Sea Grant).
Local government such as counties, SWCDs, townships and watershed district's are also a great source of information. The watershed district Shannon used to work for has a web page devoted to "what you can do" to improve water quality. You can check it out at http://www.plslwd.org/what_you_can_do.htm.
http://wrc.umn.edu/outreach/shore/materials/index.html - Materials for Shoreland Education from the University of MN Extension Service
Link to purchase the "Restore Your Shore" CD from the DNR. http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/restoreyourshore/index.html
The Restore Your Shore program will enable you to:
- Develop a deeper understanding of shoreland ecosystems and natural shoreland management.
- Discover how lakeshore problems similar to your own have been resolved through innovative approaches. Follow four different shoreland owners' experiences as they share their shoreland transformation projects.
- Create your own plant list from an extensive interactive database of over 400 native plant species (photos included!). Select native plant species suitable for planting in your area. Find out what to plant and what not to plant.
- Use worksheets and forms that will guide you step by step through the design and implementation process. Watch your project unfold and enjoy the transformation that takes place.
State Cost-Share Program - .pdf file of information about Conservation Practices Approved for State Cost-Share
Agricultural Best Management Practices (AgBMP) Loan Program - .pdf file of loan program information from the Benton Soil & Water Conservation District
SEPTIC SYSTEM DESIGNERS INFO .pdf file - from Benton County Department of Development (as of 9-29-07)
What You Should Know About Blue-green Algae, fact sheet (pdf file ... need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view)
"Occupational Exposure to Algal Toxins" (pdf file) (posted 7-11-08)
http://www.enature.com/birding/audio.asp - check out this web site that relates to the birds that may visit Little Rock Lake. (Webmaster note** we also have a lot of photos on the Photo page of birds that frequent the lake as well.
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