ROUND LAKE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION: Round & Little Round Lake Aquatic Invasive Species Control Project

The Round Lake Property Owners Association is sponsoring as aquatic invasive species (AIS) project implementing AIS control measures identified in the approved Aquatic Plant Management Plan.

Project goals includes: 1) Keep Eurasian water milfoil (EWM) growth to a minimum level; 2) Prevent the establishment of other AIS including Purple Loosestrife, curly leaf pondweed, flowering rush, zebra mussels; 3) Preserve the lakes\2019 diverse native plant communities; 4) Lake residents understand the importance of native aquatic plants, the means to protect them, and AIS threats; 5) Waterfront residents will protect lake water quality and plant communities by minimizing runoff of pollutants from their lake property.

Project deliverables include: 1) Establish a Volunteer adopt a shoreline monitoring program; 2) Listing of workshops and presentations; 3) Example newsletter articles; 4) Clean Lakes/Clean Boat monitoring program implemented (dates, volunteer numbers, and hours); 5) Watercraft inspection results (data collected); 6) Treatment summaries for EWM control; 7) Signs/information centers erected at all boat landings; 8) Inventory and report of existing shoreline characteristics; 9) Buffer restoration demonstration sites.

Specific project conditions: 1) Information collected by the watercraft inspectors will be entered into the department database; 2) Department pre and post monitoring protocol must be followed; 3) Obtain APM permit prior to any AIS herbicide treatment; 4) Provide annual summary reports (electronic and hard copy) of implementation activities including pre and post monitoring data; 5) Contact Erin McFarlane (715-346-4978) and Laura Herman (715-365-8998) at UW-Extension to learn about the Clean Lakes/Clean Waters Program and AIS monitoring programs if you have not done so.

Activities

• Shoreland Monitoring, Assessment, Inventory
• Control Invasive Species
• Aquatic Plant Management Plan
• Watercraft Inspections Clean Boats, Clean Waters

People/Organizations Involved

• Round Lake Property Owners Association