Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Monitoring Station
Station ID:
10004790
Station Name:
Ward Lake
Specific Parameter:
-- All Parameters --
Additional Comments about Aquatic Invasives Monitoring
AIS Present
AIS Sign Present
Are Loon Alert signs posted on your lake?
Banded Mystery Snail
Chinese Mystery Snail
CLOUD COVER
CONDUCTIVITY FIELD
CURLY-LEAF PONDWEED
Date loons first arrived in spring
Date loons first departed in fall
Date of first "Ice Off"
Date of first "Ice On"
Date sample was analyzed
Density of Aquatic Invasive Species (1)
Depth of Sample - Tow 1
Depth of Sample - Tow 2
Depth of Sample - Tow 3
Describe portion of waterbody you can see from your observation point
Describe your observation point
Diameter of zooplankton net opening
Did at least some data collectors monitor in August?
Did at least some data collectors monitor in July?
Did at least some data collectors monitor in June?
Did at least some data collectors monitor in May?
Did chicks die due to unknown cause?
Did loons use your lake as part of their migration route?
Did loons use your lake during the summer?
Did the eggs in the nest fail to hatch? (1)
Did the loon eggs in the nest fail to hatch?
Did you check underwater solid surfaces (boat hulls, dock legs, rocks)?
Did you collect a sample and bring it to a DNR office? If so, which office?
Did you collect a specimen sample?
Did you find another invasive species?
Did you look for Asiatic clam (Corbicula)?
Did you look for Banded mystery snails?
Did you look for Bohemian knotweed?
Did you look for Brazilian waterweed?
Did you look for Chinese mystery snails?
Did you look for Curly-Leaf Pondweed?
Did you look for Didymo?
Did you look for Eurasian Water-Milfoil?
Did you look for European frogbit
Did you look for Fanwort?
Did you look for Faucet Snails?
Did you look for Fishhook Waterfleas?
Did you look for Flowering Rush?
Did you look for Giant Hogweed?
Did you look for Giant Knotweed?
Did you look for Graceful Cattail?
Did you look for Hairy Willow Herb?
Did you look for Hybrid cattail?
Did you look for Hydrilla?
Did you look for Japanese Hops?
Did you look for Japanese Knotweed?
Did you look for Java water dropwort?
Did you look for Lesser Celandine?
Did you look for Manchu Tuber?
Did you look for Narrowleaf cattail?
Did you look for New Zealand Mudsnails?
Did you look for Parrot Feather?
Did you look for Phragmites?
Did you look for purple loosestrife?
Did you look for Quagga Mussels?
Did you look for Red Swamp Crayfish?
Did you look for Reed Mana Grass?
Did you look for Rusty crayfish?
Did you look for Southern cattail?
Did you look for Spiny Waterfleas?
Did you look for Starry stonewort?
Did you look for Water Chestnut?
Did you look for Water Hyacinth?
Did you look for Water Lettuce?
Did you look for Yellow Flag Iris?
Did you look for Yellow Floating Heart?
Did you look for Zebra Mussels?
Did you monitor all Beaches and Boat Landings?
Did you monitor docks and piers?
Did you monitor other locations?
Did you monitor perimeter of Whole Lake?
Did you observe entire shallow water area?
Did you snorkel the search sites?
Did you survey the entire lake?
Did you take a photo?
Did you use rake to extract plant samples?
Did you walk along the shoreline?
Did your lake lose any chicks?
Does your lake have a lake association?
EURASIAN WATERMILFOIL (MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM L.)
FISH LENGTH, TOTAL INCHES
FISH, WHOLE, WET WEIGHT KILOGRAMS
FISHHOOK WATER FLEA
Freshwater Jellyfish
Has Ethanol been added to the sample?
Have you consolidated all of your samples into one composite bottle?
How many chicks hatched for the entire lake?, # chicks
How many chicks survived to 4- weeks?, # chicks
How many chicks survived to 8-weeks?, # chicks
How many public landings are on your lake?
How often are you at your lake property?
How often were you able to check the lake for loons?
How was the nest lost? (1)
Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)
If you or past observers have always used another method, describe
Latitude of sample
Longitude of sample
Loon nesting site used: Island
MERCURY
Month loons first arrived in spring
Month loons first departed in fall
Month of first "Ice Off"
Month of first "Ice On"
Name of plankton sample analyst
Nesting pairs who hatched chicks, # pairs
Nesting territorial loon pairs, # pairs
Non-territorial loons in residence, # loons
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE SAMPLE
Occasional use by non-residents, # loons
Other invasive species found
Other nesting site (1)
Other office
Other way nest was lost (1)
Other ways of observing
Pathway - Canal, Dam, Diversion
Pathway - Maritime
Pathway - Natural
Pathway - Recreation
Pathway - Road & Transportation
Pathway - State & Federal
Protocol Used
Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
Rusty Crayfish (Orconectes rusticus)
Satellite derived water clarity greater than max depth of lake
SECCHI DEPTH - FEET
SECCHI DEPTH HIT BOTTOM
Site 1 - Depth of tows
Site 1 - Number of net tows
Site 1 - Secchi Depth
Site 2 - Depth of tows
Site 2 - Number of net tows
Site 2 - Secchi Depth
Site 3 - Depth of Tows
Site 3 - Number of net tows
Site 3 - Secchi Depth
Site Number
Species Name
SPECIES SEX CODE
SPINY WATER FLEA
Territorial loon pairs in residence, # pairs
Total Paid Hours Spent
Total Volunteer Hours Spent
Volume of sample that was analyzed (ml)
Water Clarity - Predicted Secchi Depth Derived from Satellite Imagery
Water Flea Tow Method
Waterflea
Were you able to locate the loon nesting sites?
Were you able to locate the nesting site? (1)
What type of nesting site was used? (1)
What type of ownership is the land where the loon nest is located?
What type of ownership is the land where the nest is located? (1)
Which months or dates?
Year of first "Ice Off"
Year of first "Ice On"
ZEBRA MUSSEL, ADULT
Sample Results
Project
Date/Time
DNR Parameter
Species
Result
Units
Present/Absent
Lab Comments
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources