CISCO CHAIN RIPARIAN OWNERS ASSOC: Cisco Chain of Lakes Management Planning Project - Mamie Lake

Cisco Chain Riparian Owners Association is sponsoring a large scale lake planning grant to study Mamie Lake, in Vilas County. The project will focus on developing a Lake Management Plan (LMP) for Mamie Lake. Project activities include: 1) Stakeholder participation \2013 stakeholder survey, planning meetings (2-4), kick-off meeting, wrap-up meeting, news release(s), and newsletter article; 2) Summarize ongoing lake management work; 3) Water quality sampling and analysis; 4) Watershed assessment and nutrient load modeling; 5) Characterize biological communities and ecosystem interactions; 6) Shoreline assessment; 7) Aquatic plant surveys (PI 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.

Activities

• Data analysis, report production
• Monitor Water Quality or Sediment
• Nutrient Budget Development
• Watercraft Inspections Clean Boats, Clean Waters
• Watershed Mapping or Assessment
• Aquatic Plant Monitoring or Survey
• Shoreland Monitoring, Assessment, Inventory

Final Report and Products

• Comprehensive Management Plan for Cisco Chain of Lakes [PDF 6 MB]
• Comprehensive Management Plan for Cisco Chain of Lakes [Addendum to Plan] [PDF 2 MB]
• Lake Management Grant Application [Namakagon Chain of Lakes Management Planning Project] [PDF 4 MB]

People/Organizations Involved

• Cisco Chain Riparian Owners Association Inc
• Kevin Gauthier