LAKE PUCKAWAY PROTECTION & REHAB DISTRICT: Lake Puckaway Aquatic Plant Management Planning Project - Phase II

The Lake Puckaway Protection & Rehabilitation District is sponsoring a project to create and write an aquatic plant management plan.

Activities: 1) Assess nuisance aquatic plant conditions 2) Assess the results of the control actions later in the summer 3) Assess current aquatic plant community with PI survey 4) Utilize 2023 social survey 5) Conduct 2 public input meetings 6) Create management plans \2013 one interim and one final.

Deliverables: 1) Interim management plan 2) PI survey results 3) Copies of public meeting presentations 4) Finalized aquatic plant management plan.

Conditions: 1) Enter data collected into SWIMS database under the grant project number. 2) Provide DNR Biologist with draft version of the management plan for review. 3) 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

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.