LAKE METONGA ASSOCIATION, INC.: Metonga AIS Monitoring & Control Strategy Development
Lake Metonga Association, Inc. is sponsoring an ACEI grant on Lake Metonga, in Forest County. This phase will control existing and prevent further invasive species infestations.
Project goals include: 1) Target chemical treatments in areas of dominant (aerial coverage of ~ 50%) EWM populations in 2016. Collect pre-treatment data in 2015; 2) Hand removal by divers of EWM as an experimental EWM control technique to control low populations; 3) Annual Pre and Post treatment monitoring and analysis; 4) Annual volunteer AIS monitoring; 5) Recruit volunteers and implement a CB/CW program (paid by separate DNR grant); 6) Conduct whole lake point-intercept (PI) aquatic plant survey; 7) Volunteer residual herbicide monitoring; 8) Complete update of APM Plan; 9) Update stakeholder survey.
| Project Type
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AIS_GRANT
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Aquatic Invasives Control
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| Project ID
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ACEI-160-15
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Year Started
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2015
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| Status
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COMPLETE
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Final Report and Products
People/Organizations Involved