ONEIDA COUNTY LWCD: Oneida County AIS Prevention & Control: Education, Prevention & Planning
The Oneida County Land and Water Conservation Department is sponsoring an Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) grant project. The project will focus on AIS education, prevention, monitoring, and coalition building.
Project activities include: 1) Host 2 CB\005CCW, 2 AIS CLMN, 1 smart prevention workshop, 1 project RED workshop, 1 lake management planning workshop, press releases, school presentations, and an awards ceremony and partnership meeting; 2) Hire 2 seasonal AIS staff (education, watercraft inspections, monitoring, and fieldwork/sampling and data entry/analysis (coordinated with WDNR); 3) Work to form unified lake groups and partner with scientific organizations; 4) Attend WAL convention, OCLRA meetings, AIS coordinator meetings, and local lake fairs; 5) AIS education materials (bait container stickers, placemats, boat/dock bumpers, 10 portable signs, quarterly newsletter, and informational packets for water sport/recreation rental businesses); 6) Collect data on AIS distribution and movement; 7) Host AIS strategic planning session; 8) Develop final report summarizing project activities.
| Project Type
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AIS_GRANT
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Aquatic Invasives Education
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| Project ID
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AEPP-259-11
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Year Started
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2010
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| Status
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COMPLETE
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Activities
- Watercraft Inspections Clean Boats, Clean Waters
Final Report and Products