Invasive plant species have become a major threat to the LCO lakes. In response, COLA, with the help of WDNR, initiated its first LCO Aquatic Plant Management Plan in 2011 and updated it in 2021. In 2023, COLA was awarded a two-year $150,000 grant from WDNR to control AIS. The LCO Tribe provided guidance and has been an essential partner in these endeavors.

In order to help inform and answer questions, a meeting concerning this project will be held for interested persons on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at 4 to 5PM CDT, at Caribou Coffee in the Market Place Foods building. Seating is very limited (10 people). Presentation materials will also be published soon after the meeting.

Agenda items are: 1) Why should we do treatment; 2) Present AIS spread areas and types of treatment methods (herbicide, mechanical, divers, and manual) and rationale; 3) Types of herbicides being considered, effectiveness, methods, water use restrictions; and 4) Next steps, further notifications, and other agenda items.

We were severely limited in our venue choices for this meeting. Seats has been reserved for those who responded to COLA’s February 22, 2023 public notice of AIS treatment in the Sawyer County Record. There may not be space for others, but a call-in phone number is provided below for those who want to participate.

COLA expects to have additional communications on treatment, AIS prevention, and public AIS reporting protocols via email, the COLA newsletter, on our website, and USPS mail (as needed) throughout the coming season.

Call-in Information:

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