SAND LAKE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT: 2024-25 Sand Lake EWM Control Project - ProcellaCOR Application and DASH/Diver Removal

The Sand Lake Management District (SLMD) is sponsoring a project to Manage and Monitor Eurasian Watermilfoil (EWM) in Sand Lake (Barron County).

Activities: 1) EWM Management and Planning; 2) AIS Management; 3) Education and Outreach; 4) Point Intercept Surveys; 5) Water Quality Monitoring

Deliverables: 1) Meeting Minutes and Agendas; 2) Management Planning; 3) EWM Management; 4) Newsletters; 5) Purple Loosestrife Management; 6) Pre and Post Management Surveys and Reports; 7) Water Quality Monitoring

Conditions:

1) Point intercept surveys shall follow Recommended Baseline Monitoring of Aquatic Plants in Wisconsin: Sampling Design, Field and Laboratory Procedures, Data Entry and Analysis, and Applications, publication number PUB-SS-1068 2010. Submit electronic point intercept data to DNRBaselineAquaticPlants@wisconsin.gov

2) All monitoring shall follow DNR protocols.

3) The whole-lake aquatic plant point intercept survey should not be conducted in a year when large-scale herbicide treatments are taking place.

4) Enter data collected into SWIMS database under the grant project number.

5) Do not duplicate CLMN efforts, and include these data in any trends analysis and final reporting.

6) Notify DNR AIS Biologist of any new detection of an AIS species.

This scope summarizes details provided in the application and does not negate tasks and/or deliverables described therein. Data, reports, surveys, and supporting information, including photos, maps and GIS data, must be submitted to the DNR Biologist in electronic format and in any other format they specify.

If a consultant provides a final report, it is recommended that the Grantee provide the DNR Biologist with a draft for comment on report adequacy prior to making a final payment to the consultant. Include electronic copy of the final report along with or prior to submission of grantee's final payment request.