Shadow Lake Action Plan

An LWAP is an assessment and planning tool that identifies the greatest threats to water quality, wildlife habitat, and the overall health of the lake ecosystem. The process evaluates the shoreland, tributaries, drainage ditches, wetlands, hydrologically connected roads, and working landscapes to create a priority list of issues and projects. The result is a planning guide that prioritizes restoration and protection actions for the watershed.

Click here for the Shadow Lake ArcGIS Map Data Viewer to explore maps showing details about the watershed and desktop assessment results.

Click here for the Shadow Lake Data Library to explore existing information about the watershed. Watershed Action Plans Data Library’s are digital library’s with relevant information such as maps of shoreland parcels, lidar topography, land use, water quality data, relevant GIS layers, town infrastructure information, presentations . The information is for interested members of the public, the town, the lake association and others to review including proposed priority areas for assessment.

Explore this Story Map to learn about the work and results of the Phase 1 Lake Watershed Action Plan for the Shadow Lake watershed.

Community Engagement 

Kick off meeting Shadow Lake LWAP one pager and presentation.

Check out the August 2023 public meeting presentation to review of work to date and summary of survey results. 

On March 12th 2024 4:30-6:00 we hosted a virtual meeting presentation on the final report.

  —To watch the final report presentation recording on YouTube click here. 

  –Here are PDFs of the presentations from Orleans County NRCD and from Watershed Consulting.