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Current Lake Levels: For current lake levels on Prior Lake and Spring Lake, please visit the Waterbodies section and click on Prior Lake or Spring Lake.
See any carp in lakes, streams or wetlands near you? Report your observations with our new carp observations reporting form at the link below! You can share photos, basic details about the carp and mark the location on a map.
Have you seen any carp on your area of the lake? Make sure and let us know. The PLSLWD Crew pulled these out of Mud/Crystal Bay. Thank you to our Carp Espionage who let us know when they see carp.
The District has many volunteer opportunities: monitor District lakes, measure precipitation, join us for clean-up events or help with carp!
Segment 3 of the Prior Lake Outlet Channel, near Kici Yapi Camp.
A peek at the fixed crest weir inside the Prior Lake Outlet Structure. Click the button to check out our interactive StoryMap and learn more about the Outlet Structure!
The weir at the Ferric Chloride Facility, south of Cty Road 13 and downstream of Cty Ditch 13.
Segment 1 of the Prior Lake Outlet Channel, near Jeffers Pond Elementary.
Each year the PLSLWD prepares its Annual Report. Complete information about the work done by the district in 2022 is included in the report.
Check out the Educational/Interpretive signs that were installed at Fish Lake. Learn about installing a Rain Garden, Prairie Restoration and Creating a Living Shoreline
Neighbors in the Spring Lake areas of Vergas Avenue and Raymond Avenue took advantage of the warm weekend weather to stencil drains in their neighborhood. Contact the PLSLWD if you'd like to stencil drains in your neighborhood.
Our summer interns, Ashley and Lindsay, had the pleasure of stocking fish to aid in our invasive carp removal! We introduced 2,000 bluegill to Geis Wetland and 1,000 to the Desilt pond off of Spring Lake. Thank you to 10,000 Lakes for transporting the fish to the stocking site!
Our summer interns Ashley and Lindsay have been getting their hands dirty helping to eradicate carp from Prior Lake
Our mission is to manage and preserve the water resources of the Prior Lake-Spring Lake Watershed District to the best of our ability using input from our communities, sound engineering practices, and our ability to efficiently fund beneficial projects which transcend political jurisdictions.
In the summer of 2023, our PLSLWD interns produced a video that explains the history of the Watershed, how water runs through the Watershed, and what our staff does to maintain the Watershed’s health. Click here to view “Welcome to the Watershed”
The PLSLWD office (located in the lower level of City Hall) is open Monday-Friday 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM. If you need to drop something office in our office and the front window gate is down, feel free to drop your items at the front desk of City Hall.
The District’s rules were adopted on May 10, 2022 and became effective on June 1, 2022. Click HERE to download the adopted rules.
Interested in serving your community by working directly with the Watershed District? The PLSLWD is looking for passionate District residents to join the Citizen Advisory Committee! The CAC influences the work of the District by providing input and recommendations to the board on District programs and projects. CAC members are appointed by the Board of Manager and serve three-year terms. CAC meetings are typically held on the last Thursday of odd months at 6:00 pm. To read more about the committee and complete the application, click the following link:
https://www.plslwd.org/get-involved/citizen-advisory-committee-cac/
The Prior Lake-Spring Lake Watershed District includes 14 major bodies of water, over 730 wetlands and one County Ditch.
Check out our Projects page to see what we’re doing to manage and preserve our local water resources!