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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.

  • Report Your Carp Sightings
    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.
  • Carp Removal Updates
    Carp Removal Updates
    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.
  • Volunteer with the PLSLWD
    Volunteer with the PLSLWD
    The District has many volunteer opportunities available: monitor District lakes, measure precipitation, join us for clean-up events or help with carp! To see Volunteer opportunities, click on the picture!
  • Prior Lake Outlet Structure
    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 сlicking on the picture!
  • Segment 3 of the Prior Lake Outlet Channel, near Kici Yapi Camp.
  • 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.
  • 2022 Annual Report
    2022 Annual Report
    Each year the PLSLWD prepares its Annual Report. Complete information about the work done by the district in 2022 is included in the report.
  • Educational/Interpretive Signs at Fish Lake
    Educational/Interpretive Signs at Fish Lake
    Learn about installing a Rain Garden, Prairie Restoration and Creating a Living Shoreline
  • Vergas and Raymond Avenue Stenciling
    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.
  • Blue Gill Stocking
    Blue Gill Stocking
    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!
  • Successful Carp Locating
    Successful Carp Locating
    Our summer interns Ashley and Lindsay have been getting their hands dirty helping to eradicate carp from Prior Lake
  • 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!

    Image Link Arctic carp barrier_electrofishing_removal
  • Carp Removal Updates

    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.

    Carp 1
  • The District has many volunteer opportunities: monitor District lakes, measure precipitation, join us for clean-up events or help with carp!

    Volunteer Opportunties

    Volunteer- website banner (3)
  • Segment 3 of the Prior Lake Outlet Channel, near Kici Yapi Camp.

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  • 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

    Image Link Outlet Structure
  • The weir at the Ferric Chloride Facility, south of Cty Road 13 and downstream of Cty Ditch 13.

    Ferric carp Barrier Improvement 2020 (7)
  • Segment 1 of the Prior Lake Outlet Channel, near Jeffers Pond Elementary.

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  • Each year the PLSLWD prepares its Annual Report. Complete information about the work done by the district in 2022 is included in the report.

    2022 PLSLWD Annual Report HERE

    Image Link 2022 Annual 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

    Fish Lake Restoration Signs
  • 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.

    Vergas Stenciling
  • Blue Gill Stocking in Geis Wetland

    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!

    Stocking 4
  • Successful Carp Locating

    Our summer interns Ashley and Lindsay have been getting their hands dirty helping to eradicate carp from Prior Lake

    Carp Espionage

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.

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”

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 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/

 

 

Waterbodies

Waterbodies - Prior Lake Spring Lake Watershed District

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

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

Prior Lake Spring Lake Watershed District: News and Updates

  • AIS Prevention Plan & Rapid Response Plan
  • Hike the Watershed: Take the Challenge
  • Bluegill Stocking with the Spring Lake Association

View All News and Events

Prior Lake – Spring Lake Watershed District

The District covers about 42 square miles in Scott County, MN. Water in the PLSLWD flows mainly from the southwest to the northeast through Spring, Upper Prior and Lower Prior Lakes, and then north through the Prior Lake Outlet Channel to the Minnesota River near Valley Fair amusement park.
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Prior Lake - Spring Lake Watershed District
4646 Dakota Street SE
Prior Lake, MN 55372

Phone: (952) 447-4166
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