Arbutus Lake Association is sponsoring phased large scale lake planning grants to study Arbutus Lake in Forest County with a study completion date of December 31, 2009. The project will focus on developing a Lake Management Plan (LMP) for Arbutus Lake. Project activities include: 1) Stakeholder participation - kick-off meeting, stakeholder survey, planning meetings (up to 3), wrap-up meeting, news release, and newsletter article 2) Water quality sampling and analysis (Secchi, P, Chla, DO, temp, N, conductivity, pH, Alk, suspended solids, and Calcium; included in Phase I) 3) Aquatic plant survey (point-intercept) 4) Aquatic plant community mapping and analysis 5) Curly-leaf pondweed assessment 6) Fisheries assessment 7) Watershed assessment 8) Zebra mussel monitoring 9) Sensitive area delineation 10) Develop LMP.

Arbutus Lake Association is sponsoring phased large scale lake planning grants to study Arbutus Lake in Forest County with a study completion date of December 31, 2009. The project will focus on developing a Lake Management Plan (LMP) for Arbutus Lake. Project activities include: 1) Stakeholder participation - kick-off meeting, stakeholder survey, planning meetings (up to 3), wrap-up meeting, news release, and newsletter article 2) Water quality sampling and analysis (Secchi, P, Chla, DO, temp, N, conductivity, pH, Alk, suspended solids, and Calcium; included in Phase I) 3) Aquatic plant survey (point-intercept) 4) Aquatic plant community mapping and analysis 5) Curly-leaf pondweed assessment 6) Fisheries assessment 7) Watershed assessment 8) Zebra mussel monitoring 9) Sensitive area delineation 10) Develop LMP.