ONEIDA COUNTY LWCD: AIS Education, Prevention & Planning Project

The Oneida County Land and Water Conservation Department is sponsoring an Aquatic Invasive Species Education, Prevention & Planning grant to be completed by June 30, 2008. The project will focus on AIS education, prevention, monitoring, and coalition building.

Project activities include:

1) Recruit volunteers and implement a Clean Boat/Clean Water program at town landings

2) Hire an AIS coordinator (duties listed in position description attached to proposal)

3) Conduct AIS citizen lake monitoring following Dept/UW Ext guidelines

4) Conduct 2 shoreline sweeps

5) Conduct "Guided AIS Monitoring"

6) Entry of inspection forms 3200-120 and monitoring forms onto Dept website

7) Develop a local "Plan of Action" for AIS containment and management

8) Build portable CB/CW kiosks

9) Assemble 10 AIS monitoring equipment packages