THREE LAKES WATERFRONT ASSOCIATION: LMI-Three Lakes Management Planning Project, Phases V & VI
Three Lakes Waterfront Association, Inc. is sponsoring a lake protection grant to study Little Fork, Medicine, Round, Island, and Townline Lakes, in Oneida County. The project will focus on developing a Lake Management Plan (LMP) for each lake and the Three Lakes Chain.
Project activities include: 1) Stakeholder participation: 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, Shoreline, and Coarse Woody Habitat assessment; 5) Professional Dreissena monitoring; 6) Aquatic plant surveys (PI survey, early-season AIS survey, community mapping, and substrate mapping); 7) Data analysis; 8) Volunteer watercraft inspections and AIS monitoring; 9) Hire 2 summer CBCW Coordinators; 10) Data entry of inspection and monitoring forms into SWIMS; 11) Develop AIS educational and informational items (packets, coasters, vests, buoys); 12) 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, shoreland and woody habitat data; 5) Aquatic plant community and substrate maps; 6) Aquatic plant vouchers; 7)Entered inspection and monitoring data into SWIMS; 8) Hired CBCW Coordinators and AIS educational items; 9) LMP.
Specific conditions for this project: 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, woody habitat assessment, watershed assessment and water quality sampling, all maps from project, all GIS data, and aquatic plant vouchers.
| Project Type
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LAKE_GRANT
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Lake Protection Grant
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| Project ID
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LPT-463-14
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Year Started
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2013
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| Status
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COMPLETE
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Activities
- Watercraft Inspections Clean Boats, Clean Waters
- Map Invasive Species
- Data analysis, report production
- Watershed Mapping or Assessment
- Monitoring Ecosystem
- Issue News/Media Release
- Shoreland Monitoring, Assessment, Inventory
- Lakes Protection Grant
- Aquatic Plant Monitoring or Survey
- Information and Education
- Develop/Distribute Newsletter
- Develop/Distribute Brochures/Literature
- Monitor Invasive Species
- Lake Management Plan Development
- Lakes Protection Grant
- Informational Meetings
- Social Survey of Residents or Users
Final Report and Products
People/Organizations Involved
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Kevin Gauthier
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Three Lakes Waterfront Association Inc.