Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Monitoring Station
Station ID:
10005999
Station Name:
Ballard Lake
Specific Parameter:
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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 sample was analyzed
Density of Aquatic Invasive Species (1)
Depth of Sample - Tow 1
Depth of Sample - Tow 2
Depth of Sample - Tow 3
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 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 specimen sample?
Did you collect a specimen sample? (2)
Did you collect a specimen sample? (3)
Did you collect a specimen sample? (4)
Did you find another invasive species?
Did you find what you suspect are Fishhook Water Fleas in this waterbody?
Did you find what you suspect are Spiny Water Fleas in this waterbody?
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 any loons with leg bands?
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 take a photo? (2)
Did you take a photo? (3)
Did you take a photo? (4)
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?
Equipment Used
EURASIAN WATERMILFOIL (MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM L.)
Fall migration # loons using lake
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?
Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)
If eggs failed to hatch, due to unknown cause?
Lake Access - Where did you get on the water or find access to view the lake?
Latitude of sample
Longitude of sample
Loon nesting site used: Island
MERCURY
Method of Observation
Month loons first arrived in spring
Month loons first departed in fall
Name of plankton sample analyst
Nesting pairs who hatched chicks, # pairs
Nesting territorial loon pairs, # pairs
Non-territorial loons in residence, # loons
Number of Adult Loons on Lake
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE SAMPLE
Number of loon chicks on this territory today
Occasional use by non-residents, # loons
Other ways of observing
Pathway - Canal, Dam, Diversion
Pathway - Maritime
Pathway - Natural
Pathway - Organisms in trade
Pathway - Recreation
Pathway - Road & Transportation
Pathway - State & Federal
Protocol Used
Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
Relevant Lake Access Details
Rusty Crayfish (Orconectes rusticus)
Satellite derived water clarity greater than max depth of lake
SECCHI DEPTH - FEET
Site 1 - Depth of tows
Site 1 - Latitude
Site 1 - Longitude
Site 1 - Number of net tows
Site 1 - Secchi Depth
Site 2 - Depth of tows
Site 2 - Latitude
Site 2 - Longitude
Site 2 - Number of net tows
Site 3 - Depth of Tows
Site 3 - Latitude
Site 3 - Longitude
Site 3 - Number of net tows
Site Number
Species Name
Species Name (2)
Species Name (3)
Species Name (4)
SPINY WATER FLEA
Spring migration # loons using lake
Territorial loon pairs in residence, # pairs
Total Paid Hours Spent
Total Volunteer Hours Spent
Visibility
Volume of sample that was analyzed (ml)
Water Clarity - Predicted Secchi Depth Derived from Satellite Imagery
Water Flea Tow Method
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?
Wind/Water Conditions
ZEBRA MUSSEL, ADULT
ZEBRA MUSSEL, VELIGER
Sample Results
Project
Date/Time
DNR Parameter
Species
Result
Units
Present/Absent
Lab Comments
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