Murray Lake Boat Ramp Removal 2025-09-26

Closing Date: 10-31-2025
The project is situated on the northeast shoreline of Murray Lake, a body of water spanning 43 acres, with a maximum depth of 102 feet and a volume of 1,773 acre-feet. The project area contains unauthorized user-built recreational amenities including parking, boat ramp, and lake access trails. The user-built recreational amenities are constructed on steep grades with little or no erosion control or surface drainage. There is active erosion occurring on these amenities that deliver sediment directly to Murray Lake. This erosion leads to a widening of disturbed areas and increases in soil disturbance where users attempt to avoid loose soil or unsure footing. In its existing state, the user-built recreational amenities do not meet State Best Management Practices (BMPs). The project will remove an unauthorized user-built boat ramp and block unauthorized motorized access to the lakeshore. Additionally, the project would include removal of approximately six unauthorized user-built parking spaces above the boat ramp. The primary goal of this project is to stop current and future sediment delivery to Murray Lake. The existing user-built boat ramp is approximately 80 feet by 50 feet in size and is constricted by rock barriers on either side to prevent motorized use along the shoreline. The proposed project would mechanically remove rock barriers from the shoreline and scarify disturbed areas to encourage revegetation. Grass seed containing a native mix would be used to regenerate the site. A foot path would be mechanically constructed from the circle-drive to the shoreline to provide non-motorized access to the lake, including hand carried boats.

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