SHAWANO AREA WATERWAY'S MANAGEMENT ASSOC.: Shawano Lake Management Planning Project

Shawano Area Waterways Management is sponsoring a project to update a Comprehensive Lake Management Plan Shawano Lake.

Project final deliverables include: All data collected, agendas and minutes for planning meetings, and a lake management plan that includes methodologies, results, and management alternatives discussion with an implementation plan.

Specific project activities include: 1) Watershed Assessment Update and Water Quality Assessment 2) Fishery Data Compilation and Integration 3) Shoreline Condition Assessment; 4) Conduct Sociologic Survey; 5) 2019 Point Intercept Survey, 2019 Late Season EWM Mapping Survey, and 2020 late season EWM mapping survey 7) Management planning meetings.

Special Conditions: 1) CLMN efforts should not be duplicated, and these data shall be included in the trends analysis and final reporting; 2) All data shall be entered into the SWIMS database; 3) Draft sociological/user surveys and shoreline assessments must be reviewed and approved by the Department before being initiated. 4) Point Intercept Surveys should be conducted according to DNR protocol: "Recommended baseline monitoring of aquatic plants in Wisconsin: sampling design, field and laboratory procedures, data entry and analysis, and applications". Locate using publication number PUB-SS-1068

This scope summarizes the project detail provided in the application and does not negate tasks/deliverables described therein. Data, records, and reports, including GIS-based maps, and digital images, must be submitted to the Department in a format specified by the regional Lake Biologist.

If consultant is to provide final report, it is recommended that Grantee provide DNR Lake Coordinator with a draft for comment on report adequacy prior to making final payment to the consultant. DNR to receive both paper and electronic .pdf copies of the final report along with, or prior to submission of grantee's final payment request.

People/Organizations Involved

• Shawano Area Waterways Management