--- title: Research studies description: "[Sallie_Harvesting Study_Petersen etal 1974](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Petersen-etal-1974.pdf) [DRAFT_MPCA_PRWD_Water Quality Assessment of the Upper Pelican River Watershed Clean Water Partnership Program](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/DRAFT_MPCA_PRWD_Water-Quality-Assessment-of-the-Upper-Pelican-River-Watershed-Clean-Water-Partnership-Program-1.pdf)[https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1998_Campbell-Creek-Comprehensive-Plan.pdf](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1998_Campbell-Creek-Comprehensive-Plan.pdf) [1998_Campbell Creek Comprehensive Plan](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1998_Campbell-Creek-Comprehensive-Plan.pdf) [A.W. Research Laboratories_1996_Proposal for the Septic_Point Source Detection Overflight of Big and Little Floyd Lakes](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A.W.-Research-Laboratories_1996_Proposal-for-the-Septic_Point-Source-Detection-Overflight-of-Big-and-Little-Floyd-Lakes.pdf) [A.W. Research Laboratories_Proposal for…" url: "https://prwd.org/resources/research-studies/" updated: "2024-12-10" category: Special Studies --- # Research studies [Sallie_Harvesting Study_Petersen etal 1974](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Petersen-etal-1974.pdf) [DRAFT_MPCA_PRWD_Water Quality Assessment of the Upper Pelican River Watershed Clean Water Partnership Program](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/DRAFT_MPCA_PRWD_Water-Quality-Assessment-of-the-Upper-Pelican-River-Watershed-Clean-Water-Partnership-Program-1.pdf)[https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1998_Campbell-Creek-Comprehensive-Plan.pdf](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1998_Campbell-Creek-Comprehensive-Plan.pdf) [1998_Campbell Creek Comprehensive Plan](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1998_Campbell-Creek-Comprehensive-Plan.pdf) [A.W. Research Laboratories_1996_Proposal for the Septic_Point Source Detection Overflight of Big and Little Floyd Lakes](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A.W.-Research-Laboratories_1996_Proposal-for-the-Septic_Point-Source-Detection-Overflight-of-Big-and-Little-Floyd-Lakes.pdf) [A.W. Research Laboratories_Proposal for a Fall Surveillance Overflight of the Pelican River Watershed District](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A.W.-Research-Laboratories_Proposal-for-a-Fall-Surveillance-Overflight-of-the-Pelican-River-Watershed-District.pdf) [A.W. Research Laboratories_Proposal for Locating Ground Water in the Wetland just West of Detroit Lake_1996](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A.W.-Research-Laboratories_Proposal-for-Locating-Ground-Water-in-the-Wetland-just-West-of-Detroit-Lake_1996.pdf) [A.W. Research Laboratories_Proposal for Mapping Sedimentation in Lake Sallie_1995](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A.W.-Research-Laboratories_Proposal-for-Mapping-Sedimentation-in-Lake-Sallie_1995.pdf) [A.W. Research Laboritories_1996_Proposal for the Aerial Lakeshore Analysis of Floyd Lake](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/A.W.-Research-Laboritories_1996_Proposal-for-the-Aerial-Lakeshore-Analysis-of-Floyd-Lake.pdf) [Becker County COLA_2003 Lake Water Quality Management Report](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Becker-County-COLA_2003-Lake-Water-Quality-Management-Report.pdf) [Becker County Overall Economic Development Plan_1965](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Becker-County-Overall-Economic-Development-Plan_1965-v2.pdf) [Blue Water Science_1997 Status Report_Plant Harvesting and Zooplankton Dynamics in Muskrat Lake for 1997](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Blue-Water-Science_1997-Status-Report_Plant-Harvesting-and-Zooplankton-Dynamics-in-Muskrat-Lake-for-1997.pdf) [David Robert Lee_1971 Septic Tank Nutrients in Groundwater Entering Lake Sallie, Minnesota](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/David-Robert-Lee_1971-Septic-Tank-Nutrients-in-Groundwater-Entering-Lake-Sallie-Minnesota.pdf) [HOUSTON Engineering Inc. 1997 Proposal to Provide Engineering Services for Water and Sanitary Sewer Big Floyd Lake to Detroit Twnshp](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/HOUSTO1.pdf) [Instrumental Research Inc_1983_Watershed_Lake_Assessment](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Instrumental-Research-Inc_1983_Watershed_Lake_Assessment.pdf) [Instrumental Research Inc_1984 Aeration Proposal to Pelican River Watershed District](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Instrumental-Research-Inc_1984-Aeration-Proposal-to-Pelican-River-Watershed-District.pdf)[https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Larson_Peterson-and-Associates_Clean-Lakes-Program-In-Lake-Monitoring-Lake-Sallie_1989.pdf](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Larson_Peterson-and-Associates_Clean-Lakes-Program-In-Lake-Monitoring-Lake-Sallie_1989.pdf) [Instrumental Research Inc_1985_Nutrient Retention of Harvested Aquatic Vegetation from Lakes Sallie and Melissa](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Instrumental-Research-Inc_1985_Nutrient-Retention-of-Harvested-Aquatic-Vegetation-from-Lakes-Sallie-and-Melissa.pdf) [Instrumental Research Inc_Proposal For Lake Assessment](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Instrumental-Research-Inc_Proposal-For-Lake-Assessment.pdf) [Joe K. Neel_Impact of Special Phosphorus Removal Procedures in the Upper Pelican River Watershed, 1977_78](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Joe-K.-Neel_Impact-of-Special-Phosphorus-Removal-Procedures-in-the-Upper-Pelican-River-Watershed-1977_78.pdf) [JOE K Neel Impact of Special Phosphorous Removal Procedures in the Upper Pelican River Watershed Interim Report II](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/JOEKNE3.pdf) [JOE K Neel Impact of Spoecial Phosphorus Removal Procedures in the Up](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/JOEKNE2-v2.pdf)[per Pelican River Watershed, Becker County MN 1977_80](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/JOEKNE2-v2.pdf) [Joe K. Neel_Weed Harvest and Lake Nutrient Dynamics_1973](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Joe-K.-Neel_Weed-Harvest-and-Lake-Nutrient-Dynamics_1973-v2.pdf) [Kirk A. Johnson_Butomus umbellatus in Becker County Minnesota_An Investigation into the Control of an Exotic](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Kirk-A.-Johnson_Butomus-umbellatus-in-Becker-County-Minnesota_An-Investigation-into-the-Control-of-an-Exotic-Species.pdf) [https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/McComas_Stuckert_Blue-Water-Science_1999_Plant-Harvesting-and-Zooplankton-Dynamics-in-Muskrat-Lake-for-1998.pdf](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/McComas_Stuckert_Blue-Water-Science_1999_Plant-Harvesting-and-Zooplankton-Dynamics-in-Muskrat-Lake-for-1998.pdf)[K-V Associates Inc_1980_Septic Leachate Survey Detroit Lakes Minnesota](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/K-V-Associates-Inc_1980_Septic-Leachate-Survey-Detroit-Lakes-Minnesota.pdf) [Larson_Peterson and Associates_1987_Monitoring Plan_Lakes Sallie and Detroit](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Larson_Peterson-and-Associates_1987_Monitoring-Plan_Lakes-Sallie-and-Detroit.pdf) [Larson_Peterson and Associates_1988_Monitoring Plan_Lakes Sallie and Detroit](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Larson_Peterson-and-Associates_1988_Monitoring-Plan_Lakes-Sallie-and-Detroit-1.pdf) [Larson_Peterson and Associates_1988_Quality Assurance Plan Lakes Sallie and Detroit](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Larson_Peterson-and-Associates_1988_Quality-Assurance-Plan-Lakes-Sallie-and-Detroit.pdf) [Larson_Peterson and Associates_1990_Clean Lakes Study of Lakes Sallie and Detroit 1988 and 1989 Data Collection Summary](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Larson_Peterson-and-Associates_1990_Clean-Lakes-Study-of-Lakes-Sallie-and-Detroit-1988-and-1989-Data-Collection-Summary.pdf) [Larson Peterson and Associaties 1992 Diagnostic Feasibility Study Management Alternatives for Lake Sallie and Detroit Lake](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LARSON2.pdf) [Larson_Peterson and Associates_1992_Diagnostic_Management Alternatives for Lake Sallie and Detroit Lake](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Larson_Peterson-and-Associates_1992_Diagnostic_Management-Alternatives-for-Lake-Sallie-and-Detroit-Lake.pdf) [Larson_Peterson and Associates_2001_Stormwater Drainage Plan_Storm Sewer Drainage Districts_Detroit Lakes Minnesota](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Larson_Peterson-and-Associates_2001_Stormwater-Drainage-Plan_Storm-Sewer-Drainage-Districts_Detroit-Lakes-Minnesota.pdf) [Larson_Peterson and Associates_Clean Lakes Program In Lake Monitoring Lake Sallie_1989](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Larson_Peterson-and-Associates_Clean-Lakes-Program-In-Lake-Monitoring-Lake-Sallie_1989.pdf) [Larson Peterson and Ulteig 2004 Wasterwater Treatment Facility Effluent Discharge Feasibility Study_City of Detroit Lakes, MN prelim Engineering Report](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LA018A1-v2.pdf) [McComas_Blue Water Science_1999_Pelican River Watershed District Aquatic Plant Harvesting Program Evaluation](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/McComas_Blue-Water-Science_1999_Pelican-River-Watershed-District-Aquatic-Plant-Harvesting-Program-Evaluation.pdf) [McComas_Blue Water Science_1999_Wetland Aeration for Phosphorus Reduction_Results of Ditch 14 Summer Projects](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/McComas_Blue-Water-Science_1999_Wetland-Aeration-for-Phosphorus-Reduction_Results-of-Ditch-14-Summer-Projects.pdf) [McComas Blue Water Science 2001 Wetland Ditch Aeration for Phosphorus Inactivation in Ditch 14, Pelican River Watershed District MN](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/MCD2C51.pdf) [McComas_Blue Water Science_2001_Plant Harvesting and Water Quality Dynamics in Muskrat Lake for 2000](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Steve-McComas_Blue-Water-Science_2001_Plant-Harvesting-and-Water-Quality-Dynamics-in-Muskrat-Lake-for-2000.pdf) [McComas Blue Water Science 2002 Impacts of Ditch Aeration on Bioavailable Phosphorus in Ditch 14, Pelican River Watershed District MN](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/MCCAF81.pdf) [McComas_Hecock_Nustad_Wilson_An Updated Diagnostic and Feasibility Study for Lake Sallie, Detroit Lakes, MN](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/McComas_Hecock_Nustad_Wilson_An-Updated-Diagnostic-and-Feasibility-Study-for-Lake-Sallie-Detroit-Lakes-MN-v2.pdf) [McComas_Stuckert_Blue Water Science_1999_Plant Harvesting and Zooplankton Dynamics in Muskrat Lake for 1998](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/McComas_Stuckert_Blue-Water-Science_1999_Plant-Harvesting-and-Zooplankton-Dynamics-in-Muskrat-Lake-for-1998.pdf) [https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/R.-Hecock_Sallie-and-Detroit-Lakes-Feasibility-Study_1993.pdf](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/R.-Hecock_Sallie-and-Detroit-Lakes-Feasibility-Study_1993.pdf)[McComas_Pelican River Watershed District Aquatic Plant Harvesting Program Evaluation](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/McComas_Pelican-River-Watershed-District-Aquatic-Plant-Harvesting-Program-Evaluation.pdf) [R. Hecock_Sallie and Detroit Lakes Feasibility Study_1993](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/R.-Hecock_Sallie-and-Detroit-Lakes-Feasibility-Study_1993.pdf) [Rieke Carrol Muller Associates Inc 1984 Facilities Plan Addendum Report Lakeview Township MN Evaluation of Land Application by Spray Irrigation](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/RIEKEC2.pdf) [Rieke Carrol Muller Associates Inc 1978 Water Pollution Control Facilities Report for Lakeview Township, Becker County, MN](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/RIEKEC3-v2.pdf) [Rieke Carroll Muller Associates Inc_1981_Wastewater Treatment Facilities Plan Summary Report](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Rieke-Carroll-Muller-Associates-Inc_1981_Wastewater-Treatment-Facilities-Plan-Summary-Report.pdf) [Steven W. Iverson_The Pelican River Navigation Restoration Project_1992](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Steven-W.-Iverson_The-Pelican-River-Navigation-Restoration-Project_1992.pdf) [Ulteig_North Side Stormwater Treatment Study_UEI Project Number R07.50052](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ulteig_North-Side-Stormwater-Treatment-Study_UEI-Project-Number-R07.50052.pdf) [Ulteig_2009_507.052_Part 2](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ulteig_2009_507.052_Part-2.pdf) [Wenck 1998 Wastewater Treatment and DRinking Water Supply Alternatives Analysis Lake Sallie and Lake Melissa Chain of Lakes](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/WENCK_3-v2.pdf) [Wenck_2006_Ditch 14 Hydraulic and Water Quality Study](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Wenck_2006_Ditch-14-Hydraulic-and-Water-Quality-Study.pdf) [Wenck_2008_Wastewater Treatment and Drinking Water Supply Alternative Analysis Floyd Chain of Lakes](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Wenck_2008_Wastewater-Treatment-and-Drinking-Water-Supply-Alternative-Analysis-Floyd-Chain-of-Lakes.pdf) [Wenck_Lakeview Township Community Assessment Report_2010](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Wenck_Lakeview-Township-Community-Assessment-Report_2010-v2.pdf) [Windseth Smith Nolting 1997 A porposal to Detroit Township to Provide Engineering Services for Wasterwater Facility Plan](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/WINDSE3.pdf) [Windseth Smith Nolting_1997_Water System Feasibility Study for Big Floyd Lake_Detroit Township_Becker County MN](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Windseth-Smith-Nolting_1997_Water-System-Feasibility-Study-for-Big-Floyd-Lake_Detroit-Township_Becker-County-MN.pdf) [Windseth Smith Nolting_1998_Wastewater Facility Plan for Big Floyd Lake_Detroit Township_Becker County MN](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Windseth-Smith-Nolting_1998_Wastewater-Facility-Plan-for-Big-Floyd-Lake_Detroit-Township_Becker-County-MN.pdf) [Wenck Associates Pearl Lake (081512)](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Wenck-Associates-Pearl-Lake-081512.pdf) [Pearl subwatershed map2](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Pearl-subwatershed-map2.pdf) [https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Pearl-Lake-Diagnostic-Study-Report_June_2013.pdf](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Pearl-Lake-Diagnostic-Study-Report_June_2013.pdf)[Pearl Lake CWP proposal summary_2009](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Pearl-Lake-CWP-proposal-summary_2009.pdf) [Pearl Lake Diagnostic Study Report_June_2013](https://prwd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Pearl-Lake-Diagnostic-Study-Report_June_2013.pdf)