ONEIDA COUNTY LWCD: Oneida County AIS Prevention & Control Project

The Oneida County Land and Water Conservation Department is sponsoring an AEPP project focusing on AIS education, prevention, monitoring, and coalition building.

Project activities include: 1) Host 2 CBCW workshops, 1 CLMN workshop, an awards ceremony and partnership meeting, and conduct press releases, school presentations, and weekly/bi-weekly AIS electronic updates; 2) Coordinate a PL biocontrol project and workshop and a student poster/video contest; 3) Hire 3 seasonal AIS staff (education, watercraft inspections, monitoring, and fieldwork/sampling and data entry/analysis (coordinated with WDNR)); 4) Participate in Landing Blitz, Drain Campaign and Bait Dealer Initiative; 5) Attend WAL convention, OCLRA meetings, AIS coordinator meetings, and local lake fairs; 6) AIS education materials (bait container stickers, sticky pads, pencils, pens, AIS napkins, boat/dock bumpers, 10 portable signs, bi-annual newsletter, aquatic native plant awareness brochure, and informational packets for water sport/recreation rental businesses); 7) Collect data on AIS distribution and movement and assist with PI and GLRI surveys; 8) Assist in restoration of ecosystems affected by AIS; 9) Initiate Oneida County's AIS strategic plan; 10) Develop final report summarizing project activities.

People/Organizations Involved

• Kevin Gauthier