Project Detail

TOWN OF PRESQUE ISLE: Wilderness Waters: Armour, Big, and Horsehead Lakes

Purpose

The Town of Presque Isle is sponsoring an AEPP grant to study Armour, Big, and Horsehead Lakes, in Vilas County, with a study completion date of June 30, 2021. The project will focus on developing Lake Management Plans (LMP\2019s). Activities: 1) Gather and assess existing lake info 2) PI aquatic plant survey, community and substrate mapping and analysis 3) Shoreland assessment 4) Water quality assessment 5) Professional and volunteer AIS monitoring 6) Educational program \2013 meetings and \201Cfloating\201D workshop 7) Watercraft inspections 8) Develop LMP\2019s Project deliverables include: 1) PI, AIS water quality, and shoreland habitat data 2) Aquatic plant community and substrate maps 3) Aquatic plant vouchers 4) Education materials 5) Entered inspection data 6) Lake Management Plans Specific project conditions: - LMP\2019s need Dept review and approval WDNR Lakes Management Coordinator will be provided with an electronic (pdf or word) copy of LMP\2019s, PI, AIS, and shoreland habitat data, a set of aquatic plant vouchers, all maps from project, and all GIS data.

Project Type

Aquatic Invasives Grant

Project Sub Type

Aquatic Invasives Education

Project ID

AEPP57919

Year Started

2019

Status

Complete

Reports and Documents

The Wilderness Waters Adaptive Management Plan (Presque Isle Township, Vilas County, Wisconsin)

This Wilderness Waters Adaptive Management Plan began with a large-scale project funded by a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) Aquatic Invasive Species Control Grant that was awarded in 2010. The project was sponsored by the Presque Isle Town Lakes Committee (PITLC). White Water Associates, Inc., an independent ecological consulting firm, was a consultant to the PITLC. This plan was last updated in 2019. As the name implies, this plan is intended to be adapted as new information becomes available, new needs are identified, and some information becomes dated.

Presque Isle Wilderness Waters Program - Aquatic Plant Management Plan - Horsehead Lake

This aquatic plant management plan addresses Horsehead Lake. Despite this specificity, it maintains the waterscape perspective crucial to effective lake stewardship. This is especially important when it comes to preventing introduction and establishment of aquatic invasive species (AIS).

Presque Isle Wilderness Waters Program - Aquatic Plant Management Plan - Armour Lake

This aquatic plant management plan addresses Armour Lake. Despite this specificity, it maintains the waterscape perspective crucial to effective lake stewardship. This is especially important when it comes to preventing introduction and establishment of aquatic invasive species (AIS).

Presque Isle Wilderness Waters Program - Aquatic Plant Management Plan - Big Lake

This aquatic plant management plan addresses Big Lake. Despite this specificity, it maintains the waterscape perspective crucial to effective lake stewardship. This is especially important when it comes to preventing introduction and establishment of aquatic invasive species (AIS).

Activities & Recommendations

Grant Awarded

Grant AEPP57919 awarded

Watershed

Waters