MINOCQUA/KAWAGUESAGA LAKES PROTECTION ASSN.: Lake Minocqua Mgt. Plan Phase IV Macrophyte Study & APM Plan

Minocqua/Kawaguesaga Lakes Protection Association is sponsoring a large scale lake planning grant to study Minocqua Lake in Oneida County with a study completion date of June 30, 2008. Town of Minocqua is a project partner. The project will focus on developing an APM Plan for Minocqua Lake. Completion of an Aquatic Plant Management (APM) Plan will allow for potential Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) cost sharing grants and permits for Eurasian water-milfoil (EWM) and curly-leaf pondweed control.

Project activities include:

1) Education and communication - initial meeting, progress meetings, results meeting, news releases, newsletter articles, and informational pamphlets

2) Point-intercept (PI) survey of aquatic plants with 2 sets of pressed plants

3) Curly-leaf pondweed survey

4) Aquatic plant community mapping and analysis

5) Formation of Aquatic Plant Committee

6) Develop APM Plan

Activities

• Aquatic Plant Monitoring or Survey
• Information and Education
• Comprehensive Planning Studies

Final Report and Products

• Final Report [Grant LPL-1124; Lakes Kawaguesaga; 1542300; Minocqua; 1542400; March 2009] [PDF 6 MB]

People/Organizations Involved

• Minocqua/Kawaguesaga Lakes Protection Association