NORTH LAKELAND DISCOVERY CENTER: Town of Winchester Lake Management Planning Project Ph1, Hiawatha & Harris Lks
North Lakeland Discovery Center is sponsoring an AEPP grant to study Harris Lake and Hiawatha Lakes in Vilas County. The project will focus on developing a Lake Management Plan (LMP) for Harris and Hiawatha Lakes and conducting AIS education and monitoring.
Project activities include: 1) Stakeholder participation - stakeholder survey, planning meetings (up to 2), kick-off meeting, wrap-up meeting, news release(s), and newsletter article; 2) Water quality sampling and analysis; 3) Watershed assessment and P load modeling; 4) Fisheries assessment; 5) Shoreline and coarse woody habitat assessment; 6) Early-season AIS monitoring and professional Dreissena monitoring; 7) Aquatic plant surveys (PI survey, acoustic, community mapping, substrate mapping); 8) Volunteer AIS and lake level monitoring and watercraft inspections; 9) Data analysis; 10) Develop LMP; 11) Hire AIS Coordinator and Water Education Intern; 12) AIS educational 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-456-15
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Year Started
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2015
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| Status
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COMPLETE
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Activities
- Shoreland Monitoring, Assessment, Inventory
Final Report and Products
People/Organizations Involved