NEPCO LAKE DISTRICT: Nepco Lake District Education for Parcel Owners on AIS and its mitigation

The Nepco Lake District is sponsoring a project to by fostering awareness and promoting best practices to minimize the introduction and spread of AIS.

Activities: This project aims to educate lake users about effective AIS management and control methods as well as best management practices for shoreline rehabilitation.

Consult with area specialists in the WDNR (Scott Provost, Tyler Mesalk), Wood County Land and Water Conservation (Kendra Wilhelm, Chad Schooley), Citizen Lake Monitoring Network (Erin McFarland, Paul Skawinski) and UWSP Extension Lakes (Eric Olson) to determine most relevant AIS prevention topics and their sequencing over three years.

Deliverables: 1) Three educational sessions per year for three years (2025, 2026, 2027) to address relevant AIS prevention topics, 2) Have two members attend Wisconsin Lake River Convention, 3) Develop Welcome to the Lake Folder that contains important AIS information to new property owners, 4) posting signage to direct boaters to wash station(s).

Conditions:

1) All outreach and education materials shall use DNR messaging; DNR Biologist review and approval is required before dissemination.

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.