2012 - 2021 Watershed Management Plan Volume I

The Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District (CLFLWD) was created in 1999 to help solve and prevent water resource problems over a 49 square mile watershed encompassing drainage to Bone Lake, Forest Lake and Comfort Lake as well as drainage to a number of smaller lakes and streams. Drainage from Comfort Lake, the District's "outlet", enters the Sunrise River and ultimately drains to the St. Croix River. The District includes portions of the City of Wyoming, Chisago City, Chisago Lake Township, Franconia Township, the City of Forest Lake and the City of Scandia. The CLFLWD is governed by an appointed, five-member Board of Managers. The Mission of the District is to protect and improve its water resources through adaptive management approaches and education of local stakeholders. This Watershed Management Plan is intended to support that mission as a guide for the activities of the Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District through the year 2021. The Plan outlines the issues the District will address and establishes the goals, objectives and actions the District intends to use to tackle the identified issues over the next ten years. Local water management plan requirements are outlined and build on or bring together existing plans and programs of the municipalities.