SCANDINAVIA SILVER LAKE DISTRICT: COMP - Silver Lake Management Planning Project

The Scandinavia Silver Lake Rehabilitation District is sponsoring a project to complete a comprehensive Lake Management Plan (LMP) with the following goals: 1) Collect current ecological data on the Silver Lake ecosystem; 2) Increase stakeholder buy-in, understanding, and input through participation in planning project; 3) Develop realistic and implementable comprehensive management plan.

Project deliverables include: 1) Lake information (water quality, watershed, fisheries); 2) Lake user survey of public perception and goals, with statistical results; 3) Aquatic plant communities; 4) Aquatic plant issues/concerns; 5) Historical lake management; 6) Watershed assessment and modeling; 7) Paleocore collection and analysis; 8) Lake ecosystem management alternatives, triggers and action items; 9) Water quality assessment and recommendations; 10) Shoreline and coarse woody habitat assessment; 11) Collect and analyze multi-channel sonar data on Silver Lake; 12) Fishery data compilation and assessment; 13) Public education and participation in planning; 14) Completion of DNR \2013 approved LMP.

Specific project conditions: WDNR review of the draft of the Lake Management Plan; WDNR will be provided electronic and hard copies of data and reports/plans generated as a result of this project.

This scope summarizes the project detail provided in the application and does not negate tasks/deliverables described therein. DNR to receive both paper and electronic .pdf copies of the final report along with, or prior to submission of grantee's final payment request.

Final Report and Products

• LPL 1756 21_LMP Appendix_Silver_Dec 22 [PDF 5 MB]
• LPL 1756 21_LMP_Silver_Dec 22 [PDF 9 MB]