BIG CHETAC CHAIN LAKE ASSOCIATION: Getting Rid of the Green Project - Phase 4

Big Chetac Chain Lake Association is sponsoring a multi-phase comprehensive lake management planning project for Big Chetac Lake, Sawyer County. The project includes tributary, in-lake, and groundwater monitoring; septic survey; nutrient budget development; pale ecological core; aquatic plant survey and management plan; and community survey and education with a comprehensive lake management and implementation plan as the final deliverable.

Phase 4 includes:

1. Collection of a sediment core from Lake Chetac.

2. Reconstruction of the limnological history of Lake Chetac from information deposited in the sediments.

The Phase 4 will answer the following questions: determine changes in nutrients over the last 130 years; have the frequency of algae blooms increased during the last century; have the macrophyte growth changed during the last century; and an estimate of major sources of increased nutrient input.

Activities

• Nutrient Budget Development
• Lake Management Plan Development

Final Report and Products

• Aquatic Macrophyte Survey for Chetac Lake [PDF 8 MB]

People/Organizations Involved

• Big Chetac And Birch Lakes Association