Aquatic Invasive Species Monitoring is coordinated by Beaver Creek Reserve Citizen Science Center in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and University of Wisconsin Extension

Description:

This project is designed to monitor and prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species through heightened awareness and education. This is an ongoing project throughout Chippewa, Eau Claire, Barron, Dunn, and Rusk counties that started the summer of 2007 and will end the fall of 2009. Each summer 40 different lakes are visited three times each. Volunteers commit to spending at least one day helping the Citizen Science Center Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinator sample different AIS on lakes in the area, with training taking place on the same day.

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Keywords:

Topic - aquatic invasive species, Eurasian water-milfoil, curly-leaf pondweed, zebra mussels, rusty crayfish, purple loosestrife, spiny waterflea

Location - Chippewa, Eau Claire, Barron, Rusk, and Dunn Counties, Wisconsin

Goals - monitoring, prevention

Contacts:

Anna Brady, AIS Project Coordinator  

  715-877-2212

Sarah Braun, Citizen Science Director    

  715-877-2212