Project Detail

Lower Oconto River Watershed 303(d) waters evaluation and Lakes - NER_05_CMP14 - Year 2

Purpose

This project will be year 2 of obtaining baseline monitoring for the lake portion of the Lower Oconto River watershed assessment. The 3 lakes that are proposed to be sampled include Balcom, Newton, and Finnegan. The monitoring will establish these lakes with water quality impairments so that future monitoring to identify stressors will be supported by biological data for future 303(d) listings.

Objective

Lake data will be used to provide a general condition assessment to determine if further monitoring is needed to identify impairment status. The sample events will follow the WisCALM guidance. The WBIC for Balcom is 417500. The WBIC for Finnegan is 420600. The WBIC for Newton is 450600. Year 2 sampling will occur within 2 weeks of ice off, and once in July, August, and September.

Outcome

Sufficient data will be collected to determine if the lakes are impaired and will fill the data gaps for the completion of the watershed assessment. A report will be produced that will analyze and summarize the data in a manner consistent with WisCALM.

Study Design

LAKES 1) There will be 1 sample site associated with each of the 3 lakes. 2) There will be 1 sampling event in fiscal year 2014 and 3 sampling events in 2015 at each lake. 3) The sampling will be completed in September of 2014. One sample will be collected at each lake in the spring and three at each lake in the summer. 4) All data will be entered into the data base by October 2014. 5) The final report will be complete in November of 2013. 6) SWIMS will be used as the database for storage. 7) The Biologist or LTE will be responsible for entering the data.

Project Type

Competitive Projects

Project Sub Type

Impaired Water Assessment

Project ID

NER_05_CMP14

Year Started

2014

Status

Active

Reports and Documents

Lower Oconto Follow-up Streams Assessment