Project Detail

NORTH LAKELAND DISCOVERY CENTER: Town of Winchester Lake Mgmt Planning - Phase 2

Purpose

North Lakeland Discovery Center is sponsoring an AEPP grant to study Rainbow, Tamarack and Birch Lakes in Vilas County. The project will focus on developing a Lake Management Plan (LMP) for Rainbow, Tamarack and Birch 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; 6) Hired staff; 7) 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

AEPP47016

Year Started

2016

Status

Complete

Reports and Documents

Surface Water Grant Project Lab Costs

Lab costs for grant received by North Lakeland Discovery Center.

Town of Winchester Lakes Comprehensive Management Plan: Birch Lake

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

Town of Winchester Lakes Comprehensive Management Plan: Tamarack Lake

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

Town of Winchester Lakes Comprehensive Management Plan: Rainbow Lake

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

Social Media Postings February 2018 to August 2018

Screen shots of social media posts from the period of February 2018 to August 2018 as part of AEPP47016.

NLDC reporting for AEPP47016 [Activities from March 1, 2018-August 31, 2018]

Summary of activities completed as part of AEPP47016.

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.

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.

Activities & Recommendations

Grant Awarded

Birch Lake

Grant Awarded

Rainbow

Shoreland Monitoring, Assessment, Inventory

Shoreland Monitoring, Assessment or Inventory

Watershed

Flambeau Flowage

Waters