RED CEDAR LAKES ASSOCIATION: Red Cedar Lakes CLP Management and AIS Education

The Red Cedar Lakes Association is sponsoring a project to control Curly leaf pondweed (CLP) in Balsam, Red Cedar, and Hemlock Lakes. They will also be conducting some aquatic plant and water chemistry monitoring at neighboring Bass Lake.

Project activities:

1)Curly-leaf pondweed (CLP) herbicide control, 2) Pre/Post treatment aquatic plant monitoring, 3) CLP bed mapping, 4) CLP turion Survey, 5) Herbicide concentration monitoring, 6) Purple Loosestrife monitoring, removal, and beetle rearing, 7) Annual AIS workshop, 8) Volunteer AIS monitoring, 9) Shoreland habitat assessment, 10) Bass Lake aquatic plant survey, 11) Wild rice bed mapping, 12) Bass lake water quality monitoring

Project deliverables include:

GIS data and maps of areas monitored and controlled

Aquatic plant and turion monitoring data and reports

Copies of educational materials developed

AIS monitoring data in SWIMS database

Water quality data in SWIMS database

Shoreland habitat assessment data and report

Management/treatment summary reports

Specific project conditions:

WDNR\2019s Aquatic Plant Management in Wisconsin guidance shall be followed for aquatic plant monitoring.

Sponsor shall contact DNR immediately if a new AIS is found.

AIS monitoring and watercraft inspection personnel shall be trained and follow DNR approved protocols.

AIS monitoring data shall be entered in SWIMS

Education materials shall be consistent with the Department\2019s statewide education strategy for preventing and controlling AIS. The DNR logo should be used for promotion and publicity and DNR recognized as a funding source.

This scope summarizes the scope in the grant application and attachments and does not supersede those application tasks/deliverables

Final Report and Products

• Balsam & Mud Lakes Shoreland Condition Assessment Data
• Balsam & Mud Lakes Shoreland Condition Assessment Photo Key
• Balsam & Mud Lakes Shoreline Condition Assessment Report
• Bass Lake Aquatic Plant PI Survey Report [Summer 2020]
• Bass Lake Aquatic Plant Survey Data Workbook [25 Aug 2020]
• Bass Lake PI Survey Tables & Stats [25 Aug 2020]
• Curlyleaf Pondweed Management in the Red Cedar Chain 2019 Pre/Post Data Report and Analysis [PDF 2 MB]
• Red Cedar Lake FINAL CLP Treatment Map [6-3-2020] [PDF 485 KB]
• Red Cedar Lakes 2020 Aquatic Invasive Species Control: Project Implementation Summary Report

People/Organizations Involved

• Red Cedar Lakes Association