In 2017, the Three Lakes Association, in collaboration with other local environmental groups, contributed to having a National Lake Assessment (NLA) performed of Torch Lake by the Great Lakes Environmental Center (GLEC), an organization certified to perform these assessments for the EPA.  Torch Lake is not one of the lakes included in the national database of lakes assessed in the NLA program.  However, the assessment performed in 2017 by GLEC conforms to the protocols of the NLA and thus is suitable for reference and comparison with other similar lakes.

The NLA report is now available: National Lake Assessment – 2017