Welcome to Rice Lake in Maple Grove, Minnesota (USA)
Rice Lake Area Association
Nuturing our Habitat
Rice Lake (circa 1937)
Rice Lake (2008)
Where is Rice Lake?
Located within the Elm Creek Watershed, Rice Lake is located in Maple Grove in Hennepin County in Minnesota. The lake is surrounded by I-94 on the west side, County Road 30 on the north side, and is west of Elm Creek Blvd. The lake is fed by Elm Creek, which flows north from Hamel, MN through the Elm Creek Park Reserve and eventually into the Mississippi River in Champlain, MN. At 330 acres, it is the 10th largest lake in Hennepin County in a watershed over 100 square miles.
Are you a member of RLAA?
We need your help to manage our lake and surrounding waters. Please consider being a member of the association if you are not already. For more information, click the 'Membership' button on the left.
This page was last updated on: July 29, 2010
To learn more about us and what we do, click a button on the left.
Number of Visitors since July 29, 2010
Who are we?
The Rice Lake Area Association (RLAA) is a non-profit organization with a mission to improve and maintain the quality of water and habitat on Rice Lake and the immediate surrounding area.
Rice Lake has been experiencing a heavy blue-green algae bloom (Aphanizomenon), especially in the northern edge of Elm Creek up to the dam since early July.
(Go to the 'Projects' page and select '2010' under 'Algae Blooms' on the 'Lake Issues' page for details)
Effective April 18, 2010 we have changed our website layout and navigation. We think it should be easier to find what you are looking for with the site navigation buttons on the left hand margin. We have tried to keep each webpage at 1 page or less for ease of viewing.
Among the new features on this site are:
Membership page with PayPal for on-line dues payments
More maps and charts for lake project and survey information
Consistent page layout/color coding (i.e.: Yellow for Events; Gray for Projects; etc.)
