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MINOCQUA/KAWAGUESAGA LAKES PROTECTION ASSN.: Minocqua/Kawaguesaga Lakes AIS Control Project

Minocqua-Kawaguesaga Lake's Protection Assoc. Inc. is sponsoring a grant on Minocqua-Kawaguesaga Lake's to help fund a 5 year project focusing on Eurasian Water Milfoil (EWM) management, AIS education, prevention & monitoring. The goal is to reduce treatable EWM coverage by 90% & have a mean density (rake fullness) of <1 in each treatment plot. This will allow the Assoc. to continue management of EWM with minimal state financial assistance.

Project activities: 1) Annual chemical treatments of EWM; 2) Bio-control of selected EWM beds (not grant funded); 3) Annual pre/post treatment monitoring & analysis; 4) Project kick-off & annual informational meetings; 5) Hire 2 AIS CB/CW inspector's (1 through grant); 6) Recruit volunteers & implement a CB/CW program; 7) CLP monitoring & mapping (year's - 1, 2, and 4); 8) Annual volunteer AIS (includes purple loosestrife (PL) and flowering rush) training, monitoring & hand removal by divers; 9) CLMN water quality sampling & shoreline inventory survey; 10) Entry of inspection & monitoring forms onto Dept website; 11) Education activities listed in Task 13, pg 17 of proposal; 12) Develop annual & final project reports.

Project Type AIS_GRANT - Aquatic Invasives Control
Project ID ACEI-062-09
Year Started 2009
Status COMPLETE

Activities

  • APM Chemical Permit Request
  • Watercraft Inspections Clean Boats, Clean Waters
  • Control Invasive Species
  • Shoreland Monitoring, Assessment, Inventory
  • Map Invasive Species

Final Report and Products


People/Organizations Involved

  • Minocqua/Kawaguesaga Lakes Protection Association