TOWN OF WASHINGTON: Butternut & Franklin Lakes Limnological Baseline Studies & APM Plans

Purpose

The Town of Washington is sponsoring a large scale lake planning grant to study Butternut and Franklin Lakes in Forest County with a study completion date of June 30, 2008. The Town of Lincoln, Town of Cloverland, City of Eagle River, and Butternut-Franklin Lake Foundation are project partners. The project will focus on developing an Aquatic Plant Management (APM) Plan for each lake. Project activities include: 1) Data review, project kick-off meeting and project final meeting 2) Develop public questionnaire and prepare educational article 3) Point-intercept (PI) survey of aquatic plants with 2 sets of pressed plants from each lake 4) Aquatic plant community mapping and analysis 5) Water quality sampling - secchi, P, Chla, and DO through citizen lake monitor and Temp during aquatic plant sampling 6) Watershed and land use analysis 7) Develop APM Plans Project deliverables include: 1) Public questionnaire and educational article 2) PI data and aquatic plant community and watershed maps 3) 2 sets of pressed aquatic plants from each lake (one set for lake group and second for Dept) 4) Water quality sampling results 5) APM Plans Specific conditions for this project: - Draft of public questionnaire should be submitted to Lakes Management Coordinator for review before sending to public - APM Plans needs Dept review and approval WDNR Lakes Management Coordinator will be provided with an electronic (pdf or word) and hard copy of APM Plans, educational article, public questionnaire, data from watershed and land use analysis, data from PI survey, data from water quality sampling, all maps from project, and a set of pressed aquatic plants from each lake.

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Butternut Lake - The Town of Washington is sponsoring a large scale lake planning grant to study Butternut and Franklin Lakes in Forest County with a study completion date of June 30, 2008. The Town of Lincoln, Town of Cloverland, City of Eagle River, and Butternut-Franklin Lake Foundation are project partners. The project will focus on developing an Aquatic Plant Management (APM) Plan for each lake. Project activities include: 1) Data review, project kick-off meeting and project final meeting 2) Develop public questionnaire and prepare educational article 3) Point-intercept (PI) survey of aquatic plants with 2 sets of pressed plants from each lake 4) Aquatic plant community mapping and analysis 5) Water quality sampling - secchi, P, Chla, and DO through citizen lake monitor and Temp during aquatic plant sampling 6) Watershed and land use analysis 7) Develop APM Plan.
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Franklin Lake - The Town of Washington is sponsoring a large scale lake planning grant to study Butternut and Franklin Lakes in Forest County with a study completion date of June 30, 2008. The Town of Lincoln, Town of Cloverland, City of Eagle River, and Butternut-Franklin Lake Foundation are project partners. The project will focus on developing an Aquatic Plant Management (APM) Plan for each lake. Project activities include: 1) Data review, project kick-off meeting and project final meeting 2) Develop public questionnaire and prepare educational article 3) Point-intercept (PI) survey of aquatic plants with 2 sets of pressed plants from each lake 4) Aquatic plant community mapping and analysis 5) Water quality sampling - secchi, P, Chla, and DO through citizen lake monitor and Temp during aquatic plant sampling 6) Watershed and land use analysis 7) Develop APM Plan.
Grant Awarded
Butternut Lake - The Town of Washington is sponsoring a large scale lake planning grant to study Butternut and Franklin Lakes in Forest County with a study completion date of June 30, 2008. The Town of Lincoln, Town of Cloverland, City of Eagle River, and Butternut-Franklin Lake Foundation are project partners. The project will focus on developing an Aquatic Plant Management (APM) Plan for each lake. Project activities include: 1) Data review, project kick-off meeting and project final meeting 2) Develop public questionnaire and prepare educational article 3) Point-intercept (PI) survey of aquatic plants with 2 sets of pressed plants from each lake 4) Aquatic plant community mapping and analysis 5) Water quality sampling - secchi, P, Chla, and DO through citizen lake monitor and Temp during aquatic plant sampling 6) Watershed and land use analysis 7) Develop APM Plan.
 
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