Lakes Grant
Small Scale Lake Planning
SPL36516
2016
Complete
Lab costs for grant received by Friends of the Lower Wisconsin Riverway (FLOW).
This report completes a five-year effort documenting the underlying causes for the recent water quality decline in Lower Wisconsin River oxbow lakes. We also investigated the potential use of conservation buffers to reduce groundwater nitrate levels before reaching oxbow lakes in the Town of Spring Green, Sauk County Wisconsin.
Grant Awarded
The Friends of the Lower Wisconsin Riverway is sponsoring a project to evaluate water quality from Jones and Norton Sloughs, and from wells established up- and down-gradient of a conservation buffer located on Jones Slough. These data will be evaluated to determine effectiveness of the buffer, and to help guide future management decisions regarding buffers in this area.
Project final deliverables include: A final report will summarize evaluation of the water quality data.