Project Detail

NORTH LAKELAND DISCOVERY CENTER: Town of Winchester Lake Management Planning Project Ph1, Hiawatha & Harris Lks

Purpose

North Lakeland Discovery Center is sponsoring an AEPP grant to study Harris Lake and Hiawatha Lakes in Vilas County. The project will focus on developing a Lake Management Plan (LMP) for Harris and Hiawatha Lakes and conducting AIS education and monitoring. 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, acoustic, community mapping, substrate mapping); 8) Volunteer AIS and lake level monitoring and watercraft inspections; 9) Data analysis; 10) Develop LMP; 11) Hire AIS Coordinator and Water Education Intern; 12) AIS educational activities. 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) LMP; 7) Hired staff; 8) AIS educational products and events. 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, any AIS educational products, stakeholder survey, and all data and maps from the project.

Project Type

Aquatic Invasives Grant

Project Sub Type

Aquatic Invasives Education

Project ID

AEPP-456-15

Year Started

2015

Status

Complete

Reports and Documents

Town of Winchester Lakes Comprehensive Management Plan: Harris Lake

This is part of the comprehensive management plan for the Town of Winchester involving Harris Lake.

Town of Winchester Lakes Comprehensive Management Plan: Hiawatha Lake

This is part of the comprehensive management plan for the Town of Winchester involving Hiawatha Lake.

Town of Winchester Lakes - Vilas County, Wisconsin - Comprehensive Management Plan: Phase II

Town of Winchester Lakes Comprehensive Management Plan not including reports for each separate lake.

Town of Winchester Lakes - Vilas County, Wisconsin - Comprehensive Management Plan: Phase II [Appendices]

Appendices for the Town of Winchester Lakes Comprehensive Management Plan including presentations, stakeholder survey results, water quality data, modeling data, and PI survey data.

Activities & Recommendations

Grant Awarded

Grant AEPP-456-15 awarded

Shoreland Monitoring, Assessment, Inventory

Shoreland Monitoring, Assessment or Inventory

Watershed

Waters

Purpose

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