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Guide to Lake Protection and Management

The Guide to Lake Protection and Management is a second edition of the Citizen's Guide to Lake Protection. This document contains updated and new material on the following topics: chemistry of lakes, watershed information, exotic species, altering runoff and lake use practices, development of a lake management plan, and nonstructural best management practices.

• Guide to Lake Protection and Management, Second Edition (file size = 5.8 MB)
  
  Because of the large size of the file above, it's also available in smaller sections below:
  • Cover, Introduction and Table of Contents
  • Chapters 1-4: Lakes and Watersheds
  • Chapters 5-7: What Can Go Wrong in Lakes and What You can do to Take Care of Your Lake and Watershed
  • Chapters 8-9: Lake and Watershed Management
  • Chapters 10-12: Lake Restoration and Watershed Management Techniques; Glossary and Appendix
    
    
• Citizen's Guide to Lake Protection, First Edition