FAY LAKE ASSOCIATION: Fay Lake Stewardship Program - Lake Study and Aquatic Plant Management Plan

The Fay Lake Association (FLA) is sponsoring a project which will focus on creating an aquatic plant management plan (APMP) for Fay Lake.

Activities:

1) Review historical water quality data;

2) Conduct an aquatic plant point-intercept (PI) survey;

3) Conduct annual aquatic invasive species (AIS) monitoring;

4) Identify watershed threats;

5) Conduct a lake user social survey;

6) Develop an APMP.

Deliverables:

1) Data from aquatic plant PI survey;

2) Volunteer AIS monitoring data in SWIMS;

3) A completed APMP.

Conditions:

1) All monitoring shall follow DNR protocols.

2) Draft lake user survey questions to be reviewed and approved by DNR Social Scientist before distribution or use;

3) DNR Lake Biologist will be provided with a copy of reports and/or management plans; data from aquatic plant, AIS and lake user surveys;

4) DNR Lake Biologist will be invited to management planning meetings.

This scope summarizes details provided in the application and does not negate tasks and/or deliverables described therein. Data, reports, surveys, and supporting information, including photos, maps and GIS data, must be submitted to the DNR Biologist in electronic format and in any other format they specify.

If a consultant provides a final report, it is recommended that the Grantee provide the DNR Biologist with a draft for comment on report adequacy prior to making a final payment to the consultant. Include electronic copy of the final report along with or prior to submission of grantee's final payment request.