WDNR AIS Education Prevention and Planning grant program

Lake Monitoring Program

Clean Boats, Clean Waters Workshops

Citizen Lake Monitoring Network AIS Workshops

Purple Loosestrife Biological Control Project

Wild Rivers Invasive Species Coalition

WDNR AIS Education Prevention and Planning grant program

Since 2006, the Florence County Land Conservation Department has been awarded Wisconsin DNR Aquatic Invasive Species Education, Prevention, and Planning grants to implement an aquatic invasive species program.  Click on the links below to learn more about the different grant projects the county has been awarded.

2006 WDNR Grant Project AEPP-051-06

2008 WDNR Grant Project AEPP-131-08

2009-2012 WDNR Grant Project AEPP-176-09

For more information on Wisconsin DNR grants visit the DNR website.

Lake Monitoring Program

The Florence County Land Conservation Department monitors a minimum of 50 waterbodies every year.  Parameters studied include aquatic invasive species presence/absence, water clarity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, and conductivity.

This data can be used by lake managers to determine the health of a lake and by fishermen to determine where to find fish.

To access lake data and available maps, click here.

Clean Boats, Clean Waters Workshops

Florence County Land Conservation Department staff conduct CBCW Workshop trainings to provide you with the knowledge and equipment to help prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species.

Saturday, May 1, 2010 COMPLETE                                            

Florence Natural Resources and Wild Rivers Interpretive Center

9am to noon

Saturday, May 29, 2010 COMPLETE

Long Lake

9am to noon

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Florence Community Center

4pm to 6pm

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Hillcrest School in the Town of Aurora

9am to noon

For the statewide list of workshops, visit the UW Extension CBCW Workshops website.

Citizen Lake Monitoring Network AIS Workshop

Florence County Land Conservation Department staff conduct CLMN Aquatic Invasive Species Workshop trainings to provide you with the knowledge and tools to identify and report aquatic invasive species.

Saturday June 5, 2010 COMPLETE

US Forest Service Lost Lake Cabins in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest

Long Lake, WI

9am to noon

Bring a canoe for an optional on-the-water demonstration!  Contact Maureen at (715) 528-5940 for directions or more information.

For the statewide list of workshops, visit the UW Extension CLMN Workshops website.

Purple Loosestrife Biological Control Project

In spring of 2009, the Florence County Land Conservation Department initiated an interagency effort to raise and release Galerucella beetles, the natural predators of purple loosestrife.  Purple loosestrife is a harmful wetland invader and it is not widely distributed in Florence County, so existing populations will be easy to control.

Click here for more pictures from Florence County!

The appendices of See Cella Chow! contain detailed information on rearing and releasing purple loosestrife beetles.

Photographer: Derek Anderson

Wild Rivers Invasive Species Coalition

Invasive species do not honor jurisdictional boundaries and this poses challenges for land managers and land owners trying to control invasive species.  Cooperative Weed Management Areas (CWMA) are forming across the nation to dissolve political boundaries and make invasive species management more feasible.

Representatives from Dickinson Conservation District, Florence County Land Conservation Department, U.S. Forest Service, University of Wisconsin – Extension Service, & Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are working to form the Wild Rivers Invasive Species Cooperative.  Visit the Wild Rivers Invasive Species Coalition website or contact us at wildriverscwma@gmail.com for more information.

For more information about CWMAs visit the Midwest Invasive Plant Network.

If you have any questions or would like more information,
please contact Maureen at 715-528-5940