Wetlands are a critical component of a healthy and diverse watershed, providing essential environmental and economic benefits or ecological goods and services (EGS)2: nutrient and contaminant removal, carbon storage, water storage and ground water recharge, reduction of flood impacts, and wildlife habitat and biodiversity (Gabor et al., 2002). [...] Of concern is the increasing size and frequency of algae blooms in the north and south basins of the lake. [...] MARCH 2012 Cattail Harvesting for Carbon Offsets and Nutrient Capture: A “Lake Friendly” greenhouse gas project 8 •. A printed project brochure and an online video for public communication of the project and its multiple economic and environmental benefits was produced. [...] Action Harvesting for Nutrient Capture and Bioenergy Cattails (Typha spp.) are large, emergent wetland plants characteristic of wet environments and prairie marshes, and can assimilate and store significant amounts of nutrients and carbon in its biomass. [...] Coal displacement and CO2 offsets MARCH 2012 Cattail Harvesting for Carbon Offsets and Nutrient Capture: A “Lake Friendly” greenhouse gas project 27 4.3 Demand Analysis A GIS survey aided with ground surveys and GPS locations will identify heating loads and end-users surrounding potential cattail harvest sites, and will identify potential biomass storage and processing facility locations.