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Pelican Group of Lakes Improvement District

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Water Quality Monitoring

The PGOLID Lake Coordinator monitors the PGOLID Lakes and stream inlets and outlets to track water quality.  These results are compiled in to the Lake Management Plan every year.

Lake Monitoring

The Pelican Group of Lakes is composed of Pelican, Little Pelican, Bass and Fish Lake.  The lake monitoring sites are marked on the map below. At these sites, Secchi disk readings and dissolved oxygen and temperature profiles are taken and water samples are collected for Chlorophyll a, and Total Phosphorous analysis monthly.  These results show that the lakes are mesotrophic, with good clarity (12 feet average) and rare algae blooms in late summer.  For a summary of the 2020 lakes monitoring program, Click Here.

PGOLID-Lake-Monitoring-sites-2014

Stream Monitoring

The PGOLID Lakes have three main stream inlets (Pelican River, Spring Creek, Bob Creek) and one stream outlet (Pelican River), which are monitored at their pour point to the lake by the PGOLID Lake Coordinator.  The map below shows the minor watersheds that drain to the lake.  Stream monitoring has shown that the Pelican River is the largest contributor of water and nutrients to the PGOLID Lakes (70%). The Pelican River exits the Lakes at the southern end of Fish Lake and flows into Lake Lizzie. .

PGOLID-Watersheds-2014-stream-sites

 

 

QUESTIONS?

PGOLID Water Resource Coordinator
218-846-1465
pgolid@rmbel.info

MAILING ADDRESS

PGOLID
PO Box 336
Pelican Rapids, MN 56572-0336

WHERE WE ARE

The Pelican Group of Lakes is located in Otter Tail County, approximately 13 miles south of Detroit Lakes, and encompasses four lakes: Pelican, Little Pelican, Bass, and Fish.

WHO WE ARE

We are a lake improvement district, which means we are a taxing entity through the county. PGOLID was formed to identify, quantify, study, and manage water resources as to preserve quality.

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