Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center





Pool 8 Transect Data - Sampling Sites
- Blue Lake - an isolated backwater
near La Crescent, Minnesota
- Target Lake - a contiguous backwater
just south of Blue lake
- Goose Island - a contiguous backwater
north of Goose Island County Park, Wisconsin
- Lawrence Lake - a contiguous backwater
near Brownsville, Minnesota
- Shady Maple - a contiguous backwater
south of Goose Island County Park, Wisconsin
- Horseshoe Island - a contiguous
backwater located in the impounded area of Pool 8. An opening in the
top of Horseshoe Island was closed in 1989 as part of the Pool 8 Islands
Habitat Rehabiliation and Enhancement Project (HREP)
- Boomerang Island - a contiguous
backwater located in the impounded area of Pool 8. Boomerang Island
was built in 1992 as part of the Pool 8 Islands HREP
- Stoddard - an isolated backwater just south of Stoddard, Wisconsin