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THREE LAKES WATERFRONT ASSOCIATION: Three Lakes Management Planning - Phase 4 Spirit Lake

Three Lakes Waterfront Association, Inc. is sponsoring a large scale lake planning grant to study Spirit Lake, in Oneida County. The project will focus on developing a Lake Management Plan (LMP) for Spirit 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; 6) Professional Dreissena monitoring; 7) Aquatic plant surveys (PI survey, early-season AIS survey, community mapping, and substrate mapping); 8) Data analysis; 9) Volunteer watercraft inspections; 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 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 survey, early-season AIS survey, 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-1513-13
Year Started 2013
Status COMPLETE

Activities

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

Final Report and Products


People/Organizations Involved

  • Three Lakes Waterfront Association Inc.