ARCHIBALD LAKE ASSOCIATION: Archibald Lake Management Plan

The Archibald Lake Association is sponsoring a project to develop a Comprehensive Lake Management Plan consistent with NR 198.43 for Archibald Lake in Oconto County.

Project final deliverables include: 1)Water Quality and Watershed Analysis, 2)Fishery Data Compilation and Integration, 3)Shoreline Course Woody Habitat Assessment, 4)Aquatic/ Current Aquatic Plant Community Assessment, 5)Aquatic Invasive Aquatic Plant Surveys, 6) Completion of a WDNR \2013Approved Stakeholder Survey, 7)Public Participation in the Planning Process, 8)Clean Boats Clean Waters

Specific project activities include:

1) Water quality using WisCALM comparisons http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/surfacewater/assessments.html

2) Watershed analysis completed primarily with WiLMS and predictive equations.

3) Fishery compilation and integration within management plan

4) Conduct Point Intercept survey consistent with DNR Protocol http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/UWEXLakes/Documents/ecology/Aquatic%20Plants/PI-Protocol-2010.pdf 30

5) Professional Zebra Mussel monitoring

6) Completion of WDNR-approved social survey using DNR protocol http://intranet.dnr.state.wi.us/int/es/science/socialmanual.htm

7) Clean Boat Clean Water Inspections with a minimum of 200 hours per boat landing

8) Shoreline and course Woody Habitat Assessment per DNR protocol.

Special Conditions:

1) CLMN efforts should not be duplicated and these data shall be included in the trends analysis and final reporting;

2) All data CBCW and CLMN shall be entered into the SWIMS database.

Final Report and Products

• Surface Water Grant Project Lab Costs [PDF]

People/Organizations Involved

• Archibald Lake Association