High Lake IA 04-UDM-1304

Assessment Comments

Assessment is based on information from the DNR Wildlife Bureau.

Basis for Assessment

SUMMARY:  The Class B(LW) aquatic life uses remain assessed (evaluated) as "fully supported / threatened" (minor impacts) based on information from the IDNR Wildlife Bureau.   The primary contact recreation and fish consumption uses remain "not assessed" due to the lack of water quality information upon which to base an assessment.  

EXPLANATION:  The Class B(LW) aquatic life uses remain assessed as "fully supported / threatened" based on information from the Iowa DNR Wildife Bureau (see assessments developed for the 1998 and 2000 reporting cycles for more information).  

The primary contact recreation uses remain "not assessed" due to a lack of water quality information upon which to base an assessment.   In general, Iowa wetlands are not managed to support primary contact recreation.  

Similarly, the fish consumption uses remain "not assessed" due to the lack of fish contaminant monitoring at this wetland.   In general, Iowa wetlands are not managed for recreational fisheries; thus, fish contaminant monitoring is not typically conducted at these waterbodies.