DEER LAKE DISTRICT: AIS monitoring following large-scale EWM control project

The Deer Lake District is sponsoring a project to update aquatic plant information and finalize harnd harvesting strategies.

Activities:

1) Aquatic plant point intercept survey

2) Qualitative AIS monitoring survey

3) Final reporting and strategy development

Deliverables:

1) Whole Lake PI data

2) Monitoring survey map data

3) Final reporting

Conditions:

1) Enter data collected into SWIMS database under the grant project number.

2) Point intercept surveys shall follow Recommended Baseline Monitoring of Aquatic Plants in Wisconsin: Sampling Design, Field and Laboratory Procedures, Data Entry and Analysis, and Applications, publication number PUB-SS-1068. Submit electronic point intercept data to this email address: DNRBaselineAquaticPlants@wisconsin.gov

3) All monitoring shall follow DNR protocols.

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.

See Special Condition B below.