Square Lake – East Metro Water

Tracking the health of lakes in Washington County

By: angiehongmn February 4, 2021February 2, 2021

Aquatic Biology, Keeping water cleanBig Carnelian Lake, Big Marine Lake, featured, Lake McKusick, lakes, Long Lake, Minnesota lakes, Square Lake, water monitoring, water qualityLeave a Comment

During 2020, Washington Conservation District monitored water quality on 71 lakes in Washington County. Here’s what recent data tell us about five local lakes.

Love Square Lake, Big Marine, St. Croix River?

By: angiehongmn July 9, 2020

Keeping water clean, Partners and UpdatesBig Marine Lake, Carnelian Marine St. Croix Watershed District, featured, Square Lake, St. Croix River, Warner Nature CenterLeave a Comment

CMSCWD includes 17 miles of the St. Croix Riverway stretching from Stillwater Township to Scandia, as well as 31 lakes, three designated trout streams, and hundreds of acres of wetlands. The four largest lakes in the district – Big Marine, Big Carnelian, Little Carnelian, and Square Lake – are in the Top 10 list of cleanest metro area lakes. There are also thousands of acres of high quality, undeveloped habitat in the region.

Where should the district focus limited time and money in the coming decade?

Along came a loon and swam up beside her

By: angiehongmn July 17, 2018

Keeping water clean, Outdoor Adventuresclean water, featured, Minnesota lakes, Square Lake, triathlon, Washington County, water qualityLeave a Comment

I’m training for an Ironman triathlon and, despite my best intentions to prevent triathlon from taking over my life, triathlon has taken over my life. On a typical day I get up at 4:45am to fit in my first workout before starting work at 7am. I do my second workout over lunch, leaving the evening…

How can I get you in some new landscaping this spring?

By: angiehongmn February 25, 2011

Yards and LandscapingBlue Thumb, Forest Lake, landscaping, planting for birds, raingardens, shoreline plantings, Square Lake, tree sale, trees, Washington Conservation DistrictLeave a Comment

Canâ€™t you just see yourself driving away with a new bundle of seedling trees this spring?

As the Water Drop Rolls

Long envied for her crystal clear water, the lake uses her beauty and charm to convince Washington County Parks and the Carnelian-Marine-St. Croix Watershed District to build raingardens, porous pavement, a rock swale and native plantings to block a pesky suitor known locally as Polluted Runoff.

The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Daphnia

By: angiehongmn August 20, 2010

Aquatic BiologyCarnelian Marine St. Croix Watershed District, daphnia, Square Lake, trout, Washington County ParksLeave a Comment

Whoâ€™s eating the daphnia in Square Lake? Is it the rainbow trout stocked by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources each spring and fall? Is it the bluegills and sunfish in the lake? Could a fly be to blame? What is a daphnia anyway, and why do I care?

Conservation Snapshots

By: angiehongmn August 6, 2010

Local AchievementsLake Elmo, Lake Jane, Square Lake, Washington Conservation District, Washington County, West LakelandLeave a Comment

Lake Elmo â€“ A flock of geese was prevented from landing due to a buffer of tall grasses and flowers planted along the waterâ€™s edge at a property on Lake Jane. The geese were reportedly seen later on a neighborâ€™s turf lawn.