Project Detail

HOOKER LAKE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT: Hooker Lake APM Update

Purpose

The Hooker Lake Management District will hire a contractor to conduct a plant survey and develop an aquatic plant management plan for Hooker Lake. The plant survey will be a point intercept survey with 238 points. The lake will be sampled in mid-summer. The final report will contain the following elements: 1)Results of the points sampled, including sediment type found and maximum rooting depth 2)Results of a general lake survey to map general plant beds, map localized plant beds, map species distribution and a list of plant species found 3)An aquatic plant management plan that meets the requirements of NR 109.09 4)Minutes from the public meeting regarding aquatic plant issues 5)Plants not collected in earlier survey will be collected 6)10 copies of the report will be provided to the District and a summary of the results will be mailed by the Town to the District residents Two paper copies and one electronic copy of the final plan will be provided to the department. Exact details for all deliverables are described in the project description of the grant application.

Project Type

Aquatic Invasives Grant

Project Sub Type

Aquatic Invasives Education

Project ID

AEPP-166-08

Year Started

2008

Status

Complete

Reports and Documents

Hooker Lake Aquatic Plant Management Plan

The Hooker Lake Management District (District) was created in June 1990 to provide a stable taxing authority to fund aquatic plant management and other activites to improve Hooker Lake. The District boundaries include the area around Hooker Lake. Aron & Associates was contracted in 2008 to conduct an aquatic plant survey and to create an Aquatic Plant Management Plan in compliance with the Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) program under a grant awarded by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) Lakes program.

Activities & Recommendations

Aquatic Plant Monitoring or Survey

23055697

Grant Awarded

AEPP-166-08Hooker Lake APM Update

Information and Education

Informational Meetings

Aquatic Plant Management Plan

Grant Awarded

AEPP-166-08

Watershed

Des Plaines River