Project Detail

TOWN OF BARNES: Middle Eau Claire Lake CLP Early Detection/Response 2012-2016

Purpose

The Town of Barnes is sponsoring a four-year curlyleaf pondweed response project on Middle Eau Claire, Bayfield County, to do the following activities: community information and education; improved signage; aquatic plant survey and management plan; and curlyleaf pondweed management (e.g. manual removal, herbicide treatment) and monitoring. This project may include monitoring nearby lakes and/or management planning. Project deliverables include: 1) A project report summarizing information/education, management, and monitoring activities; 2) Pre-post treatment and other monitoring data/results; 3) Aquatic Plant Management Plan, if necessary. This scope is intended to summarize the detailed project scope provided in the application and does not supersede those application tasks/deliverables. Data, records, and reports, including GIS-based maps and digital images, must be submitted to the Department in a format specified by the regional Lake Coordinator.

Project Type

Aquatic Invasives Grant

Project Sub Type

Aquatic Invasives Early Detection and Response

Project ID

AIRR-133-13

Year Started

2012

Status

Complete

Reports and Documents

Curly-leaf pondweed (Potamogeton crispus) Meandering Littoral Zone and Bed Mapping Surveys Upper and Middle Eau Claire Lakes WBIC: 2742700 and 2742100 Bayfield County, Wisconsin

In 2005, concern over the spread of Eurasian water-milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) (EWM) into nearby Tomahawk and Sand Bar Lakes prompted members of the Town of Barnes Aquatic Invasive Species Committee (then the Eurasian water-milfoil Committee) and the Eau Claire Lakes Area Property Owners Association to authorize an initial point-intercept survey to look for exotic plant species in the lakes. This survey did not find EWM, Curlyleaf pondweed (Potamogeton crispus) (CLP), or any other exotic species to be present in either Upper or Middle Eau Claire Lakes (Kud!as et al. pers. corrim.).

Project Report

MIDDLE EAU CLAIRE LAKE AQUATIC PLANT MANAGEMENT (APM) SUMMARY

Continuous volunteer monitoring and annual professional monitoring will measure the success of the BAISS strategy. Manual removal will be encouraged. If monitoring indicates our objectives are not being met, alternative methods, including chemical control will be revisited.

Aquatic Plant Management Plan

Bed Mapping Survey

Activities & Recommendations

Grant Awarded

Install Kiosk or Sign

Information and Education

APM Chemical Permit Request

APM Mechanical Permit Request

Aquatic Plant Monitoring or Survey

Aquatic Plant Management Plan

Monitor Pre and Post Treatment

Project Deliverable