GRINDSTONE LAKE ASSOCIATION: COMP-Comprehensive Lake Management Plan for Grindstone Lake

Project Scope and Description of Deliverables

GLA is sponsoring a project which will focus on developing a Lake Management Plan (LMP) for Grindstone and Little Grindstone Lakes with the following goals/activities: 1) Conduct a sociological survey of lake shoreline residents; 2) Identify watershed boundaries and land cover for the watershed; 3) Sample lake water quality; 5) Develop lake water and nutrient budgets; 6) Conduct shoreland and littoral habitat surveys (following DNR protocol); 7) Conduct aquatic plant point intercept and early season AIS survey (for CLP); 8) Develop a comprehensive lake management plan (LMP).

Project deliverables include: 1) Data from stakeholder survey, water quality monitoring, shoreland and littoral habitat surveys, aquatic plant surveys, and watershed assessment; 2) Nutrient and water budgets; 3) Four management plan advisory committee meetings; 3) Annual reports and LMP.

Specific project conditions: 1) Draft of stakeholder survey needs to be submitted to DNR for review and approval before sending to public; 2) LMP needs DNR review and approval; 3) WDNR Lake Biologist will be provided with an electronic copy of reports and/or management plans; data from stakeholder survey, water quality, watershed assessment, shoreland/littoral habitat survey (including parcel photos), aquatic plant surveys; all maps from project, and all GIS data. 4) WDNR Lake Biologist will be invited to management plan development/advisory committee meetings.

If consultant is to provide final report, it is recommended that Grantee provide DNR Lake Coordinator with a draft for comment on report adequacy prior to making final payment to the consultant. 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.

People/Organizations Involved

• Grindstone Lake Association