RCWD public meetings to discuss the Southwest Urban Lake Study

The Rice Creek Watershed District will be holding public meetings to discuss the Southwest Urban Lake Study. This study was initiated to address water quality issues on lakes in the southwest portion of the District. Twenty-four lakes are included in the study. The public meetings will be broken in four parts, each of which will address water quality issues on six lakes. The dates, locations, and lakes included in each of these meetings are as follows.

Lakes: Johanna, Josephine, Little Johanna, Little Josephine, Island, Zimmerman – June 5, 2008, 6 p.m. Northwestern College, 3003 Snelling Ave. N., St. Paul, Blue Room in Nazareth Hall Map at : http://www.nwc.edu/display/52

Lakes: Hart, Jones, Langton, Pike, Poplar, Walsh- June 2, 2008, 6 p.m. St. Anthony City Hall, 3301 Silver Lake Road NE, St. Anthony

Lakes: Karth, Martha, Marsden, Sunfish, Turtle, Valentine- May 29, 2008, 6 p.m. Bethel College, 3900 Bethel Drive, St. Paul, Room CC125. Please park in the West Parking Lot, enter the Community Life Center of Benson Great Hall. A map can be found at http://www.bethel.edu/special-events/campus_map.htm

Lakes: Locke, Long, Moore, Round, Rush, Spring-June 3, 2008, 6:30 p.m., Room 224 in the Family Service Center. The Family Service Center is located on the northeast corner of 10th Street NW and Old US Hwy 8

For more information contact: Matthew Kocian, Rice Creek Watershed District, 763-398-3075, mkocian@ricecreek.org