WINDFALL LAKE ASSOCIATION, INC: Windfall Lake Management Planning Project - Phase 1

Windfall Lake Association is sponsoring phased large scale lake planning grants to study Windfall Lake in Forest County. The project will focus on developing a Lake Management Plan (LMP) for Windfall Lake. A component of the LMP will be an aquatic plant harvesting plan.

Project activities include:

1) Stakeholder participation - kick-off meeting, stakeholder survey, planning meetings (up to 3), wrap-up meeting, news release, and newsletter article

2) Water quality sampling and analysis (Secchi, P, Chla, DO, temp, N, conductivity, pH, Alk, suspended solids, and Calcium) - sampling by citizen monitor and consultant

3) Aquatic plant survey (point-intercept)

4) Aquatic plant community mapping and analysis

5) Curly-leaf pondweed survey

6) Fisheries assessment

7) Watershed assessment

8) Zebra mussel monitoring

9) Sensitive area delineation

10) Develop LMP

Project deliverables include:

1) Stakeholder survey, news release, and newsletter article

2) Point-intercept aquatic plant data

3) Aquatic plant community and watershed maps

4) Watershed modeling data

5) Two sets of aquatic plant vouchers

6) LMP

Specific conditions for this project:

- Draft of stakeholder survey should be submitted to Lakes Management Coordinator for review before sending to public

- Vouchers should be submitted to Lakes Management Coordinator as soon as possible after aquatic plant survey

- LMP needs Dept review and approval

WDNR Lakes Management Coordinator will be provided with an electronic (pdf or word) and hard copy of LMP, news release, newsletter article, stakeholder survey, point-intercept aquatic plant data, data from watershed assessment, all maps from project, all GIS data, and two sets of aquatic plant vouchers.

Activities

• Comprehensive Planning Studies
• Lake Management Plan Development
• Aquatic Plant Monitoring or Survey

Final Report and Products

• Windfall Lake Forest County Wisconsin Comprehensive Management Plan [PDF 4 MB]

People/Organizations Involved

• Windfall Lake Association Inc