MINOCQUA/KAWAGUESAGA LAKES PROTECTION ASSN.: Minocqua-Kawaguesaga 2022 APM Plan Update - Planning Phase

Project Scope and Description of Deliverables

The Minocqua Kawaguesaga Lakes Protection Association (MKPLA) is sponsoring a project which will focus on updating their aquatic plant management plan for all of the lakes in the watershed. The three phases \2013 EWM Mapping, PI Survey, and Management Planning - will be used together to update the management plan.

Project final deliverables include: 1) Data from aquatic plant, EWM mapping, treatment evaluation, and social surveys; 2) annual project report; and 3) an updated aquatic plant management plan.

Specific project activities include: 1) Conduct whole-lake aquatic plant point-intercept (PI) surveys (following DNR protocol); 2) Conduct late season EWM mapping surveys, and volunteer EWM surveillance monitoring; 3) Conduct quantitative sub-PI surveys to evaluate the 2021 herbicide treatments; 4) Conduct a lake stakeholder social survey; 5) Develop an updated aquatic plant management plan.

Special Conditions: 1) Draft stakeholder survey to be submitted to DNR for review/approval before going to public; 2) WDNR Lake Biologist will be provided with an electronic copy of reports/management plans; data from aquatic plant, EWM mapping, and social surveys; all maps and GIS data from project. WDNR Lake Biologist will be invited to management plan development meetings.

This scope summarizes the project detail provided in the application and does not negate tasks/deliverables described therein. Data, records, and reports, including GIS-based maps, and digital images, must be submitted to the Department in a format specified by the regional Lake Biologist.