CHETEK LAKES PROTECTION ASSOCIATION: Chetek Chain of Lakes APM Planning & Water Quality Improvement Program
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Purpose

Chetek Lks Protection Assoc. is sponsoring a project to complete aquatic plant surveys on 5 lakes; initiate watercraft inspection & AIS monitoring on 4 lakes; coordinate AIS I&E activities; monitor in-lake & tributary water quality; include stakeholder participation & planning, resulting in lake management implementation plans. Project tasks/deliverables: 1) Early season Curlyleaf pondweed survey & summer point-intercept (PI) surveys of all plants with two sets of vouchers; 2) Review & inclusion of previous water quality & watershed studies; updated lake response monitoring; 3) Water quality goal development; 4) DO meter purchase; 5) Lake user/sociological survey; 6) Watershed Clean Boats Clean Waters program & data entry; 7) I&E program, including shoreline demonstration project with examples of results. Special Conditions: 1) Sponsor & consultant must communicate with region/bureau TMDL, WAV & CLMN staff to advise, review, & coordinate proposed water quality monitoring & watershed assessment work before it starts; 2) A technical advisory committee including DNR & county partners should be engaged throughout the project's duration; 3) WDNR\2019s Aquatic Plant Management (APM) in Wisc. guidance should be followed for PI survey monitoring & APM plan development; 4) The WDNR APM Strategy (2007) will be utilized in Plan development; 5) Draft public surveys must be reviewed/approved by DNR; 6) Properties using grant funds for shoreline restoration implementation require DNR approved restrictive covenants permanently establishing a parcel vegetative buffer. Restorations will follow standards in NR 191.24(3) unless mutually agreed to in writing with lake coordinator before implementation. This scope summarizes details provided in the application & does not negate anything described therein. Data, records, reports, & education materials, including GIS-based maps & digital images, must be submitted to DNR in a format specified by the lake coordinator.

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