May 21 Lake Wissota Stewardship Project Meeting Highlights
Community outreach—1) A $5000 X-cel Energy grant has been
applied for to provide a 2019 water quality intern at Kamp Kenwood to teach
hydrology and how water quality affects the community, 2) a Watershed Project
Start-up Manual has been submitted by Leinies to help other organizations enact
the water quality model, 3) an investigation is underway to form a farmer-led
watershed council, 4) 80 Canoes for a Cause volunteers planted 2 acres of trees
on each of two sites- 700 trees/acre at Hirsch site and 300 trees/acre at the
Steinke site.
Projects on the Antczak, Hirsch, and Steinke properties have
been completed and contracts have been signed for berms and scrapes on the
Pederson property. Several projects have been identified but need funding or
wetland permits to go forward. In general, restoring wetlands and buffers can
be covered by state and federal grant money while projects such as scrapes need
to be covered by a private funding source.
A Nine Key Element Plan draft for managing water quality in
the Little Lake Wissota watershed has been submitted to the DNR.
Boy Scouts have begun monitoring Little Lake Wissota, and
LWIPA monitors are active on the Big Lake. Eleven stream monitor volunteers for
Paint Creek and Yellow River began training on June 12 and will be monitoring
sites in both waterways for the rest of the summer and early fall.
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