Outreach

Lake User Survey

Thank you to everyone who took the lake user survey. The survey provided community feedback to Nine Mile Creek Watershed District staff, engineers, and the board of managers, along with the City of Eden Prairie. The feedback helped assist in the evaluation of management strategies designed to improve the health of Birch Island Lake. The survey targeted 160 addresses in the Birch Island Lake subwatershed and was active December 19 – January 31, 2023. The survey received 16 responses.

See the survey results

Community Meeting

A community meeting was held on January 9, 2023, at Eden Prairie City Center to kick-off the Birch Island Lake water quality study. At the meeting, staff from the watershed district, City of Eden Prairie, and Barr Engineering gave a short presentation and answered questions.

View the presentation: Birch Island Lake Community Meeting Presentation (1/9/23)

Additional Resources

Shallow Lakes Webinar

Learn more about shallow lakes and their functions and values. What does a shallow lake look like, and why are plants so important? What are the rules and regulations regarding shallow lakes? Joe Bischoff, a Senior Aquatic Ecologist and Certified Lake Manger with Barr Engineering Co, presented a webinar on April 12, 2022, to answer these questions and more.

View the full recording: Shallow Lakes Webinar Recording