LAKE LUCERNE ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION: 2014 Lake Lucerne AIS Monitoring/Clean Boats Clean Water Project

Lake Lucerne Advancement Association is sponsoring an AEPP grant to be completed by October 15, 2014. The project will focus on AIS education and monitoring in Lake Lucerne, Forest County.

Project activities include: 1) Hire project coordinator; 2) Recruit volunteers and implement a CB/CW program and an AIS monitoring program; 3) Conduct CB/CW, AIS volunteer monitoring workshops/trainings as needed; 4) Entry of inspection and monitoring forms into SWIMS; 5) Develop AIS educational materials: placemats, newsletter articles, CBCW placards, and can coolers; 6) Distribute AIS informational materials at the public boat launch, community events, resorts and businesses, and through mailings to homeowners; 7) Develop partnership with Native American Tribes.

Project deliverables include: 1) Hired coordinator; 2) Minimum of 800 hours of watercraft inspection time; 3) Trained CB/CW (80 hours) and AIS Monitoring (50 hours) volunteer; 4) AIS Materials: placemat, informational mailings, pictures of the new \201Cgreen\201D grocery bag, placards and can coolers; 5) Entered inspection and monitoring data into SWIMS; 6) Final report summarizing CB/CW activities, AIS monitoring, and AIS educational activities;

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) copy of the final report and samples/pictures of AIS educational materials.

Activities

• Develop/Distribute Brochures/Literature
• Watercraft Inspections Clean Boats, Clean Waters
• Hire Local Aquatic Invasives Coordinator
• Hold Workshops
• Monitor Invasive Species
• Project Deliverable
• Information and Education
• Informational Meetings

Final Report and Products

• Lake Lucerne AIS Control Grant Application [PDF 339 KB]

People/Organizations Involved

• Lake Lucerne Advancement Association