Prior Lake Spring Lake Watershed District

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.

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Carp Espionage: Report Your Carp Sightings!

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.

Report your carp sightings here!

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Restore Your Shoreline Webinar: Watch Now

Is your shoreline eroding? Check out this webinar workshop to learn how to manage & improve your shoreline. The workshop will cover different planting techniques and give you all the resources you need to begin your restoration process!

Listen to Webinar Here
Carp Removal Updates

It's amazing the size carp can get - these photos show a sample of the carp that were pulled from Upper Prior this year.

Carp Removal Updates here

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Fish Point Park

Come check out the beautiful wetland and the rest of the Water Quality Improvements Project at Fish Point Park in Prior Lake! To learn more, click the arrow or visit the park and check out the cool interpretative signs explaining the project!

Learn more about the project

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The District has many volunteer opportunities: monitor District lakes, measure precipitation, join us for clean-up events or help with carp!

Volunteer Opportunties
Segment 3 of the Prior Lake Outlet Channel, near Kici Yapi Camp.
Prior Lake Outlet Structure

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!

Learn More about the Outlet Structure

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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 2021 is included in the report.

2021 PLSLWD Annual Report HERE

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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
Blue Gill Stocking on Spring Lake Wetlands

PLSLWD staff and Spring Lake Association stocked nearly 3,700 Blue Gills into the wetlands connected to Spring Lake. Why Blue Gills? They love to eat carp eggs. Thank you to 10,000 Lakes Aquaculture and the SLA for making this happen
Neighbors stencil drains along South Shore Drive

Spring Lake residents Loren & Melissa Hanson, Glenn Kelley and Maureen Reeder stenciled 39 drains along South Shore Drive on Saturday, October 15. The stencil reminds residents that only water should go down the drains as they eventually run into the lake. The photo on the left shows a drain where house paint had been poured in - this is a no no. If you'd like to head up a stenciling project in your neighborhood, contact the Watershed District office at 952-447-4166. We will put together all of the materials you'll need.
Vergas and Raymond Avenue Stenciling

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.

Welcome to the Prior Lake-Spring Lake Watershed District

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.

Office Hours

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.

District Rules

The District’s rules were adopted on May 10, 2022 and became effective on June 1, 2022. Click HERE to download the adopted rules.

The PLSLWD is seeking Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) Members

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 the month at 6:30 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/

Waterbodies

The Prior Lake-Spring Lake Watershed District includes 14 major bodies of water, over 730 wetlands and one County Ditch.

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Current Projects

Check out our Projects page to see what we’re doing to manage and preserve our local water resources!

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News & Events

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