Minnesota Fond du Lac Chemistry from 1998-2011

This database includes 24 lakes located in the Fond du Lac Reservation in east central Minnesota: 7 wild rice lakes, 8 lakes listed as ‘recreational/fisheries’ lakes, and 9 other lakes. The lakes have been monitored for this program from 1998 to present and they are part of an ongoing program. This information is the basis for assessing water quality, identifying impacts and stressors, restoration opportunities, and recommendation for additional protection as “Outstanding Reservation Resource Water”. The lakes have been sampled for chemistry (alkalinity, apparent color, chloride, chlorophyll a, color, dissolved organic carbon, pH, total suspended solids, specific conductance, sulfate, true color); nitrogen (ammonia, ammonia, nitrate+nitrite, total Kjeldahl); phosphorus (ortho, total); and Secchi depth. The lakes were sampled monthly during the open-water season (approximately, May-October) in the surface layer. See GIS shapefile for geographic information on the lakes