WASHBURN COUNTY LWCD: Washburn County AIS Education & Prevention Project

Washburn County is sponsoring a project to employ a county wide AIS Coordinator. The coordinator will perform education outreach at public events and lake association meetings, distribute educational materials to the public, assist in developing Purple Loosestrife bio-control projects, monitor and map AIS species in the county, develop a countywide network of personnel willing to help implement AIS control and prevention efforts, coordinate the AIS planning committee, work with Town Boards to create Town Lake Committees, create, distribute, and implement a Strategic AIS Plan for countywide AIS control, and provide grant assistance.