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CISCO CHAIN RIPARIAN OWNERS ASSOC: West Bay Lake Management Planning Project

Cisco Chain Riparian Owners Association is sponsoring a large scale lake planning grant to study West Bay Lake, in Vilas County. The project will focus on developing a Lake Management Plan (LMP) for West Bay 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 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 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 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-1541-14
Year Started 2014
Status COMPLETE

Activities

  • Lakes Planning Grant
  • Informational Meetings
  • Social Survey of Residents or Users
  • Aquatic Plant Monitoring or Survey
  • Information and Education
  • Monitor Water Quality or Sediment
  • Map Invasive Species
  • Shoreland Monitoring, Assessment, Inventory
  • Watershed Mapping or Assessment
  • Monitor Invasive Species
  • Lake Management Plan Development

Final Report and Products


People/Organizations Involved

  • Cisco Chain Riparian Owners Association Inc