Shishebogama and Gunlock Lake Association is sponsoring phased large scale lake planning grants to study Shishebogama and Gunlock Lake's in Oneida County with a study completion date of June 30, 2011. The project will focus on developing a Lake Management Plan (LMP) for Shishebogama and Gunlock Lake's. Project activities include: 1) Stakeholder participation - kick-off meeting, AIS training, stakeholder survey, planning meetings (up to 2), wrap-up meeting, news release, newsletter article, and progress report; 2) Recruit volunteers and implement a CB/CW program; 3) Annual volunteer AIS monitoring; 4) Water quality sampling and analysis (Secchi, P, Chla, DO, temp, N, conductivity, pH, total Alk, total suspended solids, and calcium); 5) Point-intercept (PI) aquatic plant survey, analysis and community mapping; 6) Curly-leaf pondweed (CLP) assessment; 7) Fisheries assessment; 8) Watershed assessment and P load modeling; 9) Zebra mussel monitoring; 10) Sensitive area delineation; 11) Develop LMP.

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