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ONEIDA COUNTY LWCD: Oneida County AIS Education, Prevention & Planning Project

The Oneida County Land and Water Conservation Department is sponsoring an AEPP grant to be completed by December 31, 2013. The project will focus on AIS education, prevention, monitoring, and coalition building.

Project activities include: 1) Host 2 CB\005CCW workshops, 1 AIS CLMN, 1 AIS training workshop, an awards ceremony and partnership meeting, and conduct press releases, school presentations, and weekly/bi-weekly AIS electronic updates; 2) Coordinate a PL biocontrol project and workshop and a student poster/photo contest; 3) Hire 3 seasonal AIS staff (education, watercraft inspections, monitoring, and fieldwork/sampling and data entry/analysis (coordinated with WDNR)); 4) Work to form unified lake groups and partner with scientific organizations; 5) Attend WAL convention, OCLRA meetings, AIS coordinator meetings, and local lake fairs; 6) AIS education materials (bait container stickers, sticky pads, pencils, pens, boat/dock bumpers, 10 portable signs, bi-annual newsletter, aquatic native plant awareness brochure, and informational packets for water sport/recreation rental businesses); 7) Collect data on AIS distribution and movement and assist with PI and GLRI surveys; 8) Assist in restoration of ecosystems affected by AIS; 9) Initiate Oneida County\2019s AIS strategic plan; 10) Develop final report summarizing project activities.

Project deliverables include: 1) Workshops, outreach and awards ceremony and partnership meeting; 2) Hired staff; 3) Entry of watercraft inspection and monitoring forms onto SWIMS; 4) Updated AIS maps; 5) Formation of unified lake groups; 6) AIS education materials; 7) Final report.

Specific Conditions for this project: Final report needs Dept review and approval

WDNR Lakes Management Coordinator will be provided with an electronic (pdf or word) and hard copy of final report, all maps and samples or photographs of AIS educational materials.

Project Type AIS_GRANT - Aquatic Invasives Education
Project ID AEPP-373-13
Year Started 2012
Status COMPLETE

Activities

  • Train Volunteers
  • Biomonitoring Toxicity Tests
  • Habitat Restoration - Instream
  • Habitat Restoration - Upland
  • Issue News/Media Release
  • Restore Riparian Habitat
  • Project Deliverable
  • Develop/Distribute Newsletter
  • Aquatic Plant Monitoring or Survey
  • Hold Workshops
  • Information and Education
  • Habitat Restoration - Lake
  • Monitor Invasive Species
  • Develop/Distribute Brochures/Literature
  • Monitor Invasive Species
  • Habitat Restoration - Shoreland
  • Install Kiosk or Sign
  • Aquatic Invasive Species Plan

Final Report and Products