VILAS COUNTY: Vilas County AIS Education , Prevention & Planning
The Vilas County Land and Water Conservation Department is sponsoring an Aquatic Invasive Species grant project. The project will focus on AIS education, prevention and monitoring.
Project activities include: 1) County staff support with AIS funding (AIS focus on education, monitoring, inspections, fieldwork/sampling and data entry/analysis (coordinated with WDNR); 2) Outreach and education: Host a minimum of 5 AIS workshops per year, press releases, updated website, maintain partnership email, assist in updating boat landing signage, and informational presentations; 3) Host AIS Partnership Plan review meeting(s) and update plan; 4) Expand existing watercraft inspection internship program; 5) Attend WAL convention, VCLA meetings, AIS coordinator meetings, local lake meetings, town lake committee meetings, etc. for training, coordination and presentations; 6) AIS education materials (literature, brochures and AIS workshop packets); 7) Develop annual reports and 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-261-11
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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
- Hold Workshops
- Aquatic Plant Monitoring or Survey
- Informational Meetings
- Develop/Distribute Brochures/Literature
- Watercraft Inspections Clean Boats, Clean Waters
Final Report and Products
People/Organizations Involved