TOWN OF SCHOEPKE: Pelican Lake Landing AIS Education Project

The Town of Schoepke is sponsoring an Aquatic Invasive Species Education, Prevention & Planning project which will focus on AIS education, preventing AIS from leaving and entering Pelican Lake, and monitoring for AIS.

Project activities include:

1) Recruit volunteers and implement a CB/CW program from May-October, 2006

2) Hire 2 AIS Coordinators (duties include training and scheduling volunteers, landing inspections, AIS monitoring, and weekly entry of inspection forms)

3) Deliver suspect AIS to WDNR

4) Entry of inspection forms 3200-120 onto Dept website by Coordinators

5) Develop Adopt-a-Shoreline program, monitoring in-water and by shoreline throughout project period

6) Results of project will be shared in newsletter and local media