Description:
Beals Lake in Antrim County is the uppermost lake in the Elk River Chain of Lakes. Its shoreline is largely undeveloped with lots of trees and emergent vegetation.
Monitoring and Research:
Walloon Lake is monitored every three years through the Watershed Council’s Comprehensive Water Quality Monitoring (CWQM) Program for dissolved oxygen, specific conductivity, pH, nitrate-nitrogen, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, and chloride levels.
Water transparency, chlorophyll-a, and water temperature are also monitored in Walloon Lake each summer by volunteers as part of the Watershed Council’s Volunteer Lake Monitoring (VLM) Program.
The Advisory Committee of the Little Traverse Bay Watershed Protection Plan is working to protect Walloon Lake, as its water drains into Little Traverse Bay.
Additional Resources:
Elk River Invasive Species Monitoring Project – 2014-15
| Title | Categories | Link | hf:doc_categories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive Water Quality Monitoring (CWQM) | Beals Lake | beals-lake inland-lakes | |
| 2022 Elk River Chain of Lakes Watershed Management Plan | Beals Lake, Ben-Way Lake, Clam Lake, EGLE/EPA Approved Watershed Management Plans, Elk Lake, Elk River, Elk River Chain of Lakes Watershed, Ellsworth Lake, Hanley Lake, Intermediate Lake, Lake Bellaire, Scotts Lake, Six Mile Lake, Skegemog Lake, St. Clair Lake, Torch Lake, Wilson Lake | beals-lake ben-way-lake clam-lake watershed-plan-approved elk-lake elk-river elk-river-chain-of-lakes-watershed ellsworth-lake hanley-lake intermediate-lake lake-bellaire scotts-lake six-mile-lake skegemog-lake st-clair-lake torch-lake wilson-lake inland-lakes rivers-streams watersheds | |
| 2016 Elk River Chain of Lakes Invasive Species Monitoring | Beals Lake, Invasive Species Monitoring | beals-lake invasive-species-monitoring inland-lakes | |
| 2016 Beals and Scotts Lake Shoreline Survey | Beals Lake, Scotts Lake | beals-lake scotts-lake inland-lakes | |
| 2014-2015 Elk River Invasive Species Monitoring Project Report | Beals Lake, Ben-Way Lake, Clam Lake, Elk Lake, Elk River, Elk River Chain of Lakes Watershed, Ellsworth Lake, Hanley Lake, Intermediate Lake, Invasive Species Monitoring, Lake Bellaire, Scotts Lake, Six Mile Lake, Skegemog Lake, St. Clair Lake, Torch Lake, Wilson Lake | beals-lake ben-way-lake clam-lake elk-lake elk-river elk-river-chain-of-lakes-watershed ellsworth-lake hanley-lake intermediate-lake invasive-species-monitoring lake-bellaire scotts-lake six-mile-lake skegemog-lake st-clair-lake torch-lake wilson-lake inland-lakes rivers-streams watersheds |
