FLORENCE COUNTY: Florence County Invasive Species Management Program

Florence Co. is sponsoring a grant to focus on expanding its AIS program, provide public education, prevent additional AIS introductions, & plan for long term lake & river management.

Project activities include: 1) Conduct monthly CB/CW workshops/trainings, recruit volunteers, implement CB/CW & AIS monitoring programs; 2) Hire Invasive Species Program Manager & CB/CW Program Coordinator; 3) Entry of Forms 3200-120 (inspection) & 3200-124 and/or 3200-130 (monitoring) onto Dept website; 4) Collect water quality samples & conduct AIS monitoring on 50 lakes/year; 5) Disseminate AIS information at landings, public areas & events, resorts, businesses, school districts; 6) Create electronic AIS mailing list; 7) Map AIS populations & make available on county GIS website with information links; 8) Develop a healthy shoreland living packet; 9) Form a cooperative weed management area (CWMA); 10) Raise Galerucella beetles for Purple Loosestrife control; 11) Host water protection, annual CLMN, & grant workshops & annual public input forums; 12) Publish AIS articles; 13) Construct 2 AIS informational kiosks/year at public landings; 14) Initiate AIS ordinances; 15) Send 3 staff/year to WAL Lakes Convention; 16) Develop AIS strategic plan.

Activities

• Train Volunteers
• Map Invasive Species
• Hire Local Aquatic Invasives Coordinator
• Hold Workshops
• Develop/Distribute Brochures/Literature
• Watercraft Inspections Clean Boats, Clean Waters

Final Report and Products

• FLORENCE COUNTY INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT PROGRAM 2010 PROGRESS REPORT [PDF 421 KB]