RED CEDAR LAKES ASSOCIATION: Red Cedar Lakes AIS Education, Prevention and Planning Project

Red Cedar Lakes Association is sponsoring a project to complete aquatic plant surveys, watercraft inspection, and AIS monitoring on Red Cedar, Balsam, and Hemlock Lakes; coordinate other AIS information and education activities, including boat landing signage, presentations, and media outreach throughout the watershed; and biocontrol purple loosestrife. The project will include stakeholder participation and planning, resulting in a lake management implementation plan for the 3 lakes with an emphasis on aquatic plants.

Project tasks/deliverables include: 1) Early season Curlyleaf pondweed survey and summer point-intercept surveys of all plants with two sets of vouchers; 2) Early detection and response plans; 3) Review and inclusion of previous water quality and watershed studies; 4) Dissolved oxygen meter purchase; 5) Abbreviated lake user/sociological survey; 6) Creation of a watershed Clean Boats Clean Waters program and data entry; 7) Information and education program, including shoreline demonstration project, with examples of results.

Activities

• Watercraft Inspections Clean Boats, Clean Waters
• Habitat Restoration - Shoreland

Final Report and Products

• Red Cedar Lakes - Aquatic Plant Management Plan - 2012/2017 [PDF 11 MB]

People/Organizations Involved

• Red Cedar Lakes Association