Media/News Articles/Publications

• History of Elk River book, by Debra J. Mortenson. Includes early history of how the lake started as a millpond.
• Environment Elk River: Water Quality cable TV show with Lake Orono Water Quality Committee members
• Kare 11 Water for Life series
• U of M Shoreland Management books for purchase
• DNR Bookstore

Elk River Watershed

• Current streamflow data for the Elk River
• DNR Lakefinder
• DNR search for Fish Stocking Reports
• MPCA Lake Orono Assessment Notes 1997 [PDF]
• Environmental Defense Fund--Elk River Watershed
• MPCA Lake Orono Water Quality Data
• MPCA Citizen Lake Monitoring Program (Secchi disk data)
• Freshwaters Society's Check my lake for Lower Orono (south of the Hwy. 10 bridge)
• Freshwaters Society's Check my lake for Upper Orono (north of the Hwy. 10 bridge)
• United States EPA, Elk River Watershed info
• Big Lake Community Lakes Association (Sherburne County)
• Briggs Lake Association (Sherburne County)
• Little Elk Lake Association (Sherburne County)
• Little Rock Lake Association (Benton County)
• Sandy Lake Association (Sherburne County)

Minnesota Watersheds

• Minnesota beaches
• Fleming Lake (MacGregor)
• Hamline University's Center for Global Environmental Education
• Minnehaha Creek Watershed
• Minnesota Waters (formerly Minnesota Lakes Association)
• Lakeshore Weekly News (Minnetonka)
• Three Rivers Park District (formerly Hennepin County Parks)
• Rice Lake Association, Maple Grove
• Weaver Lake Association, Maple Grove

Agencies and Initiatives

• City of Elk River
• Initiative Foundation environmental news
• Sherburne County
• Sherburne County Extension Service
• Sherburne County Soil & Water Conservation District
• State of Minnesota
• Minnesota House of Representatives
• Minnesota Senate
• Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
• Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
• USGS in Minnesota
• U of Minnesota Extension Service
• Minnesota Environmental Action Network--email network that notifies your legislators of your environmental concerns
• Minnesota Environmental Partnership
• Land Trust Alliance
• North American Lake Management Society
• Clean Water Action Plan
• US EPA Office of Water
• US EPA Office of Water, Oceans and Wetlands

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