SAWYER COUNTY: Lake Hayward Hybrid Milfoil Control Project
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Purpose

Sawyer County is sponsoring a two-year Response project to Hybrid Eurasian water milfoil on Hayward Lake to conduct the following activities: herbicide treatment, herbicide residual monitoring, aquatic plant surveys, AIS monitoring, and aquatic plant management plan development. Project deliverables include project data, a project report summarizing information/education, monitoring, & management activities, and a comprehensive aquatic plant management plan. Specific project activities include: 1) Pre-post treatment aquatic plant monitoring; 2) Herbicide residual monitoring; 3) Herbicide treatment; 4) Volunteer AIS monitoring; 5) Aquatic plant management plan development. Special Conditions: 1) WDNR\2019s Aquatic Plant Management in Wisconsin guidance shall be followed for aquatic plant monitoring; 2) Sponsor shall contact DNR immediately if a new AIS is found; 3) Grant monies may not be used for control of established curly-leaf pondweed; 4) AIS monitoring volunteers shall be trained and follow Citizen Lake Monitoring Network protocols. This scope summarizes the project detail provided in the application and does not negate tasks/deliverables described therein. Data, records, and reports, including GIS-based maps, and digital images, must be submitted to the Department in a format specified by the regional Lakes Biologist.

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