BUTTERNUT-FRANKLIN LAKES IMPROVEMENT ASSOC: Butternut & Franklin Lakes Management Planning Project

Butternut-Franklin Lakes Association, Inc is sponsoring a large scale lake planning grant to study Butternut Lake and Franklin Lake, in Forest County. The project will focus on developing a Lake Management Plan (LMP) for Butternut Lake and Franklin Lake.

Project activities include: 1) Stakeholder participation 2013 stakeholder survey, planning meetings (up to 2), kick-off meeting, wrap-up meeting, news release(s), and newsletter article; 2) Water quality sampling and analysis; 3) Watershed assessment and P load modeling; 4) Fisheries assessment; 5) Shoreline assessment; 5) Professional Dreissena monitoring; 6) Curly-leaf pondweed survey, Point Intercept (PI) survey, and aquatic plant community mapping; 7) Data analysis and develop LMP; 8) Volunteer watercraft inspections.

Activities

• Informational Meetings
• Aquatic Plant Monitoring or Survey
• Shoreland Monitoring, Assessment, Inventory
• Develop/Distribute Newsletter
• Lake Management Plan Development
• Watercraft Inspections Clean Boats, Clean Waters

Final Report and Products

• Butternut and Franklin Lakes Comprehensive Management Plan 2014 [PDF 3 MB]
• Butternut and Franklin Lakes Comprehensive Management Plan Appendices 2014 [PDF 4 MB]
• Butternut and Franklin Lakes Comprehensive Management Plan Maps 2014 [PDF 3 MB]

People/Organizations Involved

• Butternut-Franklin Lakes Improvement Association