TOWN OF PRESQUE ISLE: Wilderness Waters: Crab, Little Crab, and North Crab Lakes

The Town of Presque Isle is sponsoring an AEPP grant to study Crab, Little Crab, and North Crab Lakes, in Vilas County, with a study completion date of June 30, 2021. The project will focus on developing Lake Management Plans (LMP\2019s).

Activities:

1) Gather and assess existing lake info

2) PI aquatic plant survey, community and substrate mapping and analysis

3) Shoreland assessment

4) Water quality assessment

5) Professional and volunteer AIS monitoring

6) Educational program \2013 meetings and \201Cfloating\201D workshop

7) Watercraft inspections

8) Develop LMP\2019s

Project deliverables include:

1) PI, AIS water quality, and shoreland habitat data

2) Aquatic plant community and substrate maps

3) Aquatic plant vouchers

4) Education materials

5) Entered inspection data

6) Lake Management Plans

Specific project conditions:

- LMP\2019s need Dept review and approval

WDNR Lakes Management Coordinator will be provided with an electronic (pdf or word) copy of LMP\2019s, PI, AIS, and shoreland habitat data, a set of aquatic plant vouchers, all maps from project, and all GIS data.

Final Report and Products

• Presque Isle Wilderness Waters Program Aquatic Plant Management Plan - Crab Lake [PDF 12 MB]
• Presque Isle Wilderness Waters Program Aquatic Plant Management Plan - Little Crab Lake [PDF 9 MB]
• Presque Isle Wilderness Waters Program Aquatic Plant Management Plan - North Crab Lake [PDF 9 MB]
• The Wilderness Waters Adaptive Management Plan (Presque Isle Township, Vilas County, Wisconsin) [PDF 4 MB]