IRON RIVER PIKE CHAIN OF LAKES ASSOCIATION: Pike Chain of Lakes-Management Planning Project-Hart Lake-#4

Iron River Lakes Association will sponsor a project to assess watershed, water quality, & aquatic plant conditions; coordinate stakeholder participation & planning; develop a lake management implementation plan focusing on aquatic plants for the Pike Chain of Lakes. The project includes grants for each lake in the Chain & one for stakeholder participation & planning.

Tasks include:

1. Water quality appraisals, determination of limiting nutrient, trophic states & historical data review.

2. Watershed land use definition/delineation & identification of problem areas.

3. WiLMS modeling with WINTLOAD estimates for internal loading, if appropriate.

4. Early season curlyleaf pondweed "meander" survey on all lakes; point-intercept surveys & voucher specimen collections on Buskey Bay, Millicent, Eagle, & Flynn Lakes; pre-treatment Eurasian watermilfoil surveys on Hart & Twin Bear Lakes; aquatic plant communities mapped according to community type, dominant species, & invasive species presence.

5. Sensitive area mapping (identified by WDNR).

6. Fisheries management summary/recommendations; integration of DNR fisheries management plan as report appendix.

7. Zebra mussel veliger monitoring (3 sites in the Chain sampled once in June and in July or August) following DNR Dreissena Mussel Monitoring Protocol.

8. Stakeholder survey; scoping/planning sessions; development of sociological & scientific goals, objectives; implementation alternatives.

9. Creation/distribution of news releases.

Activities

• Lake Management Plan Implementation
• Watershed Mapping or Assessment

Final Report and Products

• PIKE CHAIN OF LAKES COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT PLAN [PDF 2 MB]
• Reports and Graphs for Hart Lake (T47n R08w S27) - Deep Hole

People/Organizations Involved

• Iron River Lakes Association