TOWN OF BELLE PLAINE: Cloverleaf Lakes EWM Control Projec

The Town of Belle Plaine, on behalf of the Cloverleaf Lakes Protective Association, proposes to control curly-leaf pondweed (CLP) and Eurasian water-milfoil (EWM) through chemical treatment, hand cutting and preventative measures in the Cloverleaf Lakes (Grass, Pine and Round Lakes) during the period 2007 - 2010. The project elements and deliverables are specified in the Town of Belle Plaine Aquatic Invasive Species Control Grant application, dated January 30, 2007. The project includes conducting annual pre-treatment and post-treatment surveys to monitor the extent of CLP and EWM and efficacy of treatments; treating CLP and EWM infested areas with aquatic herbicides; hand cutting EWM by divers as appropriate; developing and implementing a volunteer aquatic plant monitoring program to monitor and map aquatic invasive plants, including training volunteers, developing a specimen collection, and developing a pilot program of planting native shoreline vegetation; conducting watercraft inspections; and updating the Aquatic Plant Management Plan.

Activities

• Monitor Invasive Species
• Control Invasive Species
• Aquatic Plant Monitoring or Survey
• Watercraft Inspections Clean Boats, Clean Waters
• Shoreland Monitoring, Assessment, Inventory
• Monitor Pre and Post Treatment