Welcome to the Comfort Lake - Forest Lake Watershed District

	Press Releases Bone Lake Fish Barriers Installed          (press release) Watershed receives education award at the 2012 MN Association of Watershed Districts Annual Meeting (press release) - Seeking citizens interested in joining CLFLWD Citizen Advisory Committee Water Quality Grant Programs The Comfort Lake - Forest Lake Watershed District has four BMP cost-share grant programs available for projects to improve the quality of our lakes, stream and wetlands Residential Program for individual landowners Community-Based Program for municipal, commercial or multi-landowner/multi-parcel projects Agricultural & Rural Program for farmers and rural landowners Municipal/Urban Stormwater Retrofit Program Learn more about completed projects that have received District cost-share funds here. Project profiles for 2009 thru 2012 water quality cost-share projects Water Quality Monitoring Results See the results of the CLFLWD 2012 water quality monitoring season on the following individual lake summary pages and on the District's 2011 Monitoring Report  Bone Lake  Comfort Lake  Forest Lake  Little Comfort Lake  Sylvan Lake  Moody Lake  Shield Lake 2012 Lake Grades (all lakes) 2011 full Monitoring Report Hot Topics If you decide to sealcoat your asphalt driveway this year, there are a few things you should know.  Coal tar-based sealcoat concerns. Upcoming Events   Upcoming Meetings Manager Regular Board Meeting, May 23, 2013 Regular Board Meeting, June 27,2013 Link to all Board of Managers Meetings and Workshops   BONE LAKE FISH BARRIER PROJECT Public Hearing Project Presentation (click here) click below for Engineers Report Engineering Plan Set   Engineer's Report Sunrise River Water Quality & Flowage Project click here for report

Follow the links to get detailed District information, and find out how you can help improve the quality of our lakes and streams.

The Comfort Lake - Forest Lake Watershed District (CLFLWD) encompasses roughly 47 square miles in northern Washington County and southern Chisago County, including the Cities of Chisago City, Forest Lake, Scandia, and Wyoming. The watershed outlets to the northwest to the Sunrise River, which flows northeast through Chisago County before discharging to the St. Croix River.

The CLFLWD is unique because the south portion of the watershed lies within Washington County and the seven-county metropolitan area. The northern portion extends into Chisago County beyond the metropolitan area boundary and is the only watershed district in the state which transects both metropolitan and outstate counties. Roughly 60 percent of the watershed lies in Washington County and 40 percent lies in Chisago County.

The Mission of the District is to protect and conserve its water resources. The District will use sound scientific water management approaches, technologies, and methods to develop a uniform, integrated approach to water management within a rapidly changing and urbanizing area.

Unless otherwise notified, Regular Board meetings are held on the fourth Thursday of the Month at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Forest Lake City Hall except for November and December which will be held on the third Thursday of the month. In the event of a Holiday, meeting site conflict, or cancellation, District meetings will be rescheduled and posted here.

Watershed Management Plan Update

October 2011

        click here to view Volume I - Goals and Implementation

        click here to view Volume II - Resource Inventories

Engineer's Report

Sunrise River Water Quality & Flowage Project

click here for report

  Clean Water Land & Legacy Funds

Comfort Lake Forest Lake Watershed District Projects

(click project below for project narrative)

2010 CWF - Wetland Restoration & Cattle Exclusion Project

2012 CWF - Mapping & Drained Wetland Restoration Project

2012 CWF - Greening the Streets & Big Box Project

2011 CPL - Bone Lake fish Barrier Project

Comfort Lake Association on Facebook

www.facebook.com/pages/Comfort-Lake-Association/176129009066282

Forest Lake Lake Association web-page

http://www.ourforestlake.com/