Lake Name:


Lakes
Find
a lake.


Contact information
For information on Lakes in Wisconsin, contact:
DNR Lake
Division of Water
Bureau of Water Quality
Grants Contacts

LAKE GEORGE LAKE ASSOCIATION: Lake George Management Planning Project

Lake George Lake Association is sponsoring a large scale lake planning grant to study Lake George, in Oneida County. The project will focus on developing a Lake Management Plan (LMP) for Lake George.

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; 6) Professional Dreissena monitoring; 7) Aquatic plant surveys (PI survey, CLP assessment, community mapping, substrate mapping); 8) Data analysis; 9) Volunteer watercraft inspections and AIS monitoring; 10) Develop LMP.

Project deliverables include: 1) Stakeholder survey, news release(s), and newsletter article; 2) Water chemistry data; 3) Watershed maps and modeling data; 4) PI and shoreland data; 5) Aquatic plant community and substrate maps; 6) Aquatic plant vouchers; 7) Entered inspection and AIS monitoring data into SWIMS; 8) LMP.

Specific conditions for this project: 1) Draft of stakeholder survey needs to be submitted to Lakes Management Coordinator for review and approval before sending to public; 2) Draft of LMP needs Dept review and approval.

WDNR Lakes Management Coordinator will be provided with an electronic (pdf or word) copy of LMP, news release(s), newsletter article, stakeholder survey, data from PI, shoreland assessment, watershed assessment and water quality sampling, all maps from project, all GIS data, and aquatic plant vouchers.

Project Type LAKE_GRANT - Large Scale Lake Planning
Project ID LPL-1469-12
Year Started 2012
Status COMPLETE

Activities

  • Data analysis, report production
  • Watershed Mapping or Assessment
  • Informational Meetings
  • Monitor or Assess Watershed Condition
  • Monitor Water Quality or Sediment
  • Monitoring Ecosystem
  • Aquatic Plant Monitoring or Survey
  • Monitor Invasive Species
  • Develop/Distribute Newsletter
  • Lakes Planning Grant
  • Shoreland Monitoring, Assessment, Inventory
  • Social Survey of Residents or Users
  • Watercraft Inspections Clean Boats, Clean Waters
  • Lake Management Plan Development
  • Issue News/Media Release

Final Report and Products


People/Organizations Involved

  • Lake George Lake Association