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• Designated by the MnDNR as a Migratory Waterfowl Feeding and Resting Area <br />(MWFRA). <br />• Designated by the MnDNR as a Wildlife Lake. <br />• Has an estimated coverage of wild rice per the MnDNR's Wild Rice Distribution and <br />Abundance Inventory (2008). <br />Basic Lake Characteristics for Management Decisions <br />The basic lake characteristics are: <br />• Lake surface area <br />• Shallow lake status <br />• Impaired water <br />• Watershed area <br />• Watershed area to lake surface area ratio <br />Lake Surface Area. The lake surface area is the areal extent of the lake basin as given in the <br />MCES Lakes and Rivers GIS layer (2005). <br />Shallow Lakes. The Priority Lakes List uses the MnDNR definition of a shallow lake as one <br />having a maximum depth of 15 feet or less. Whereas both shallow lakes and deeper lakes can <br />benefit from improved watershed management, shallow lakes may require additional in -lake <br />management strategies to address those issues that have a more pronounced effect on shallow <br />lakes (for example, frequent internal cycling of nutrients, greater loading of nutrients, <br />disturbance by bottom dwelling animals, and maintaining healthy aquatic plant populations). <br />Impaired Water. The Priority Lakes List indicates whether a lake is listed as an impaired water <br />because of a negatively affected beneficial use according to the 2014 Inventory of Impaired <br />Waters of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). An impaired lake means it is not <br />meeting water quality standards and beneficial use(s), as designated in Minnesota Rule 7050. <br />Watershed Area. The watershed area of a priority lake is the total area of the lake basin itself <br />and any upgradient basins as delineated in MnDNR's GIS layer "DNR Watersheds - DNR Level <br />08 - All Catchments." <br />Watershed Area to Lake Surface Area Ratio. The ratio of the watershed area to lake surface <br />area provides an indication of the potential relative stress put on a lake by runoff from the lake's <br />watershed. The greater the ratio, the greater the stress applied to the lake from external <br />loadings of pollutants. <br />67 <br />