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BIG SAND LAKE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION: Big Sand Lake Management Planning Project

Big Sand Lake Property Owners Association is sponsoring an AEPP project to study Big Sand Lake, in Vilas County. The project will focus on developing a Lake Management Plan (LMP) for Big Sand 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 and coarse woody habitat assessment; 6) Early season AIS monitoring and professional Dreissena monitoring; 7) Aquatic plant surveys (PI survey, community mapping, substrate mapping); 8) Purchase GPS; 9) Data analysis; 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, shoreland, and coarse woody habitat data; 5) Aquatic plant community and substrate maps; 6) GPS; 7) 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, coarse woody habitat assessment, watershed assessment and water quality sampling, all maps from project, and all GIS data.

Project Type AIS_GRANT - Aquatic Invasives Education
Project ID AEPP-436-14
Year Started 2014
Status COMPLETE

Activities

  • Issue News/Media Release
  • Informational Meetings
  • Monitor Fish Community
  • Aquatic Plant Monitoring or Survey
  • Watershed Mapping or Assessment
  • Monitoring Ecosystem
  • Shoreland Monitoring, Assessment, Inventory
  • Develop/Distribute Newsletter
  • Social Survey of Residents or Users
  • Information and Education
  • Lake Management Plan Development
  • Map Invasive Species
  • Monitor Water Quality or Sediment

Final Report and Products


People/Organizations Involved

  • Big Sand Lake Property Owners Association