HUBBARD COUNTY AIS PREVENTION PLAN PRESENTATION AIS SUMMIT 1/20/2015 - PowerPoint Presentation

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HUBBARD COUNTY AIS PREVENTION PLAN PRESENTATION AIS SUMMIT 1/20/2015

KEY TOPICS TO DISCUSS 1) INTRODUCTION 2) HUBBARD COUNTY INFO AND AIS HISTORY 3) HUBBARD COUNTY AIS EXPERIENCE 4) WATERCRAFT INSPECTION PLAN SUMMARYQUESTIONS

INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUNDINTRODUCTIONSCHAIRMAN -HUBBARD COUNTY AIS TASK FORCE

NATE SITZ -WATERCRAFT INSPECTION COORDINATOR (SWCD)HCCOLA WEBSITE - www.hubbardcolamn.orgBACKGROUND - HUBBARD COUNTY AIS PREVENTIONSTART-UP (2004-2010)ENGAGEMENT OF “COMMUNITY” (2011-2014)STATE FUNDING SUPPORT (2014 - 2015 AND BEYOND)BASIS FOR PLAN10 YEARS EXPERIENCE; STRUCTURED TO DNR AIS ELEMENTS

ORGANIZATIONS / COORDINATORS/STAFF -- AVAILABLE

EXPERIENCE BASEPUBLIC AWARENESS DNR GRANTS -

SIGNS;RADIO PSA’s AND BILLBOARDS EDUCATION MATERIALS; RESORT ANNUAL VISITSCREATED/MODIFIED/USED MANY (18?) EDUCATION MTLSLAKE MONITORING/EARLY DETECTIONAIS COORDINATOR FOR ALL COLA LAKES (30);TRUST FUNDSTRAINED MONITORS/VOLUNTEER INSPECTORS VELIGER MONITORING ON SEVERAL KEY LAKESWATERCRAFT INSPECTION & DECONTAMINATION

DNR INTERN GRANTS -- PRIOR TO 2012LGU GRANTS (SWCD AS LGU)--

2012 - 2014DECONTAMINATION STATION PURCHASED IN 2013ORGANIZATIONS (Task Force; COLA; SWCD; Township Supervisors; “Community” Stakeholders)

LGU WATERCRAFT INSPECTION2012:

DNR LGU (Local Government Unit) Grant and Joint Powers Agreement11 Lake Associations (16 Lakes) Participated$79,000 Contributed; Lake Associations($58K), Townships and Cities ($21K)4,725 Hours and 7,129 Inspections Conducted2013:LGU Grant – 21 Lakes; 6,659 Hours$142,645 Committed. Partnership Between Local Government and Lake Associations:Hubbard County - $35,000Townships/Cities - $35,990Lake Associations - $63,905DNR LGU Grant - $7,750

Dedicated Decontamination Station Purchased. All decontaminations were by call-ahead schedule

.2014:LGU Grant – 27 Lakes; 8743 Hours $170,500 Committed. Partnership Between Local Government and Lake Associations:Hubbard County - $35,000Townships/Cities - $34,800Lake Associations - $88,746DNR LGU Grant - $12,000Dedicated Decontamination Station relocated to Waste Management Facility in Park Rapids. Some standard hours scheduled (Friday pm and Saturday) for facility to be open, plus call-ahead during other times.

38 Decontaminations conducted.

2014 HUBBARD COUNTY AIS WATERCRAFT INSPECTION SUMMARY 5/9/14 TO 10/19/14INSPECTIONS

: 13,785 (7961 ENTER, 5824 EXIT)HOURS 8742.5INSPECTIONS PER HOUR: 1.58VEGETATION AT ARRIVAL: 120 (1.51%)DRAIN PLUG IN ON ARRIVAL: 189 (2.37%)WATER IN BOAT AT ARRIVAL: 112 (3.8%)

ARRIVALS - LAST IN INFESTED WATERS: 1063

(13.35%)ARRIVALS - ZEBRA MUSSEL INFESTED WATERS 290 (3.64%)ENTERING FROM OUT OF STATE 1237 (15.54%)NOTES: 28 INSPECTORS

INSPECTORS WORKED STRAIGHT SHIFTS (NOT SPLIT)FULL TIME SUPERVISOR MANAGES INSPECTORSDNR LGU AIS WATERCRAFT INSPECTION GRANT PROGRAM38 DECONTAMINATIONS CONDUCTED

A PLAN ---- WHAT, WHY AND WHOWhat:Codifies the Hubbard County AIS Prevention and Containment Plan

Documents the use of State AIS Proceeds that legislature allocated to Hubbard CountyDefines Organization roles in implementing the planWhy:County Resolution # 10181105 Requires Plan (October 2011)State Statute 477A.19 Requires a resolution or plan for “Use of Proceeds”Who:County AIS Task Force assigned responsibility by Commissioners to codify a plan and recommend use of State AIS Proceeds (Resolution # 06171405)Team (Sub-Committee of AIS Task Force) assigned to develop plan (June - October 2014)

WHAT DOES STATE STATUTE REQUIRE?STATUTE 477A.19 VERY GENERAL IN REQUIREMENTS

ALLOCATION OF STATE FUNDS TO COUNTY BASED ON PUBLIC LAUNCH SITES (50%) AND BOAT TRAILER PARKING SPACES (50%) IN COUNTY USE OF PROCEEDS:USE SOLELY TO LIMIT THE SPREAD OR PREVENT INTRODUCTION OF AIS AT ALL ACCESSES WITHIN COUNTYESTABLISH GUIDELINES FOR USE THROUGH RESOLUTION OR ADOPTION OF A PLAN; GUIDELINES BROAD (INCLUDE ELEMENTS OF STATE PLANS)COUNTY MAY APPROPRIATE FUNDS DIRECTLY OR THROUGH AGREEMENTS WITH A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, SWCD, WATERSHED DISTRICT, OR LAKE ASSOCIATION IN COUNTYSUBMIT A COPY OF GUIDELINES (PLAN) FOR USE OF FUNDS TO DNR BY DECEMBER 31 OF YEAR PROCEEDS RECEIVED

FYI: HUBBARD COUNTY PROCEEDS ARE:

$112,160 IN 2014 & $249,244 IN 2015(2 PAYMENTS)

KEY DRIVERS/ASSUMPTIONSHUBBARD COUNTY IS FREE OF MAJOR AIS; FOCUS ON INCOMING WATERCRAFT - EDUCATION AND INSPECTION

MOST IMPORTANT PREVENTION INITIATIVE IS WATERCRAFT INSPECTION AND DECONTAMINATION -- PAST RESULTS POSITIVE; EDUCATION TOOLMAXIMIZE USE OF CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE OF VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANIZATIONS (Task Force, SWCD, COLA AIS Committee)ESTABLISH STRATEGY FOR EACH AIS ELEMENT(State Format)BUILD ON CURRENT COUNTY INITIATIVES COUNTY NEEDS A DOCUMENTED RAPID RESPONSE PLAN STRATEGY MUST INCLUDE GROWTH IN EARLY DETECTION/MONITORING ON INDIVIDUAL LAKES & RESORT SUPPORT CHECKING GUESTSDO NOT SPEND 2014 PROCEEDS (~$112,000) THIS YEAR; USE IN 2015EXPECT LAKE ASSOCIATIONS AND TOWNSHIPS TO CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE FUNDS ON THE MAJOR LAKES (Level 3 , 4, and 5)CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE COUNTY CONTRIBUTION AND DNR GRANTSMINIMIZE USE OF STATE PROCEEDS ON ADMINISTRATION

KEY OBJECTIVES SUMMARY-- 2015 PUBLIC AWARENESS:

CONTINURE CURRENT LEVEL OF AWARENESS/EDUCATION SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN EFFORT TO TRAIN/EDUCATE RESORT OWNERS & GUESTS IN WATERCRAFT INSPECTION; SEASONAL EMPLOYEE HELPPREVENTION:CONDUCT 13,500 HOURS OF INSPECTION; 9600 STATE FUNDED & 3900 LAKE/TWP FUNDEDEVALUATE NEED FOR 2ND DECON STATION; INCREASE USEAGE OF DECONTAMINAITONPLACE COUNTERS AT ACCESSES TO EVALUATE USEAGE PATTERNS

COORDINATE LAW ENFORCEMENT EARLY DETECTION/LAKE MONITORING:

CONDUCT VELIGER TESTING ON 18 LAKES (PLUS OTHERS IF LAKE ASSOCIATION FUNDED)ZEBRA MUSSEL BLOCKS ON 37+ LAKESORGANIZE/TRAIN MONITORING TEAMS ON LAKES; SEASONAL EMPLOYEE HELPRAPID RESPONSE:DEVELOP COUNTY PLAN WITH HELP OF DNR

DEVELOP LAKE SPECIFIC PLANS FOR HIGH RISK LAKESMITIGATION/MANAGMENT:NO STATE FUNDS FOR MANAGEMENT OF CLP/FAUCET SNAIL INFESTED LAKESCLP INFESTED LAKES TO CONTINUE CURRENT APPROACH TO TREATMENT

ADMINISTRATION/ORGANIZATION:

MANAGE AIS PREVENTION PROGRAM PER PLAN DOCUMENT

(SEE PAGE 11 OF PLAN DOCUMENT FOR MORE DETAILS ON OBJECTIVES)

FINANCIAL SUMMARY

ELEMENTTOTAL $$STATE $$LOCAL $$DNR $$COMMENTSPUBLIC AWARENESS10,600

5,4003,200

~2,000DNR GRANT; COLA; HIRESEASONAL STAFF(300 HR)PREVENTIONINSPECTIONDECON STATION

269,065(248,471)(20,594)195,044(174,450)(20,594)

66,521

7,500

LAKE

ASSOCIATONS &TWP/CITIES 2/1 SPLIT.

2

nd

DECON BUDGETED; WAIT FOR EVALUATION.

EARLY

DETECTION

9,4409,440-0--0-

VELIGER

TESTING AND VEGETATION MONITORING BY LAKE VOLUNTEERS; HIRE

SEASONAL STAFF (200 HR)

RAPID RESPONSE

2,000

2,000

-0-

-0-

Develop

plan in 2015

MANAGEMENT /MITIGATION

-0-

-0-

-0-

-0-

No direct support

for CLP/Faucet snail treatment

ADMIN

& RESER.

RESERVE

59,898

24,898

(6,873)

35,000*

-0-

*

County Funds

TOTAL

351,033

236,782+

104,721

9,500

+ 2014

and Half 2015

Hubbard County Watercraft Inspection Plan 2015Rational behind the Plan:

Based upon assumption that the most severe risk is coming from outside county borders Plan should be data driven based upon certain risk factors (Extensive matrix of lake risk factors developed for all lakes) Agreed to the following risk qualifiers to build risk factor Number of Public access points (Max. allowed is 2) Number of resorts on lake (Max. allowed is 3)

Actual Inspection per hour experience rate from previous years

Using these 3 factors a risk score was calculated for each lakeRisk Score = # of Access Pts. + # of Resorts

+ Inspections/HourHighest Risk Score = Busiest Lakes with most out of area visitors

Hubbard County Watercraft Inspection Plan 2015Hubbard County Lake Factoids:

61 lakes with a Public Access 68 Public Access Points 63 Resorts (27 with a watercraft access)Many Lakes, Ramps and ResortsWe cannot treat all lakes the same

Plan breaks Lakes into 5 categories for allocation of State FundingLevel Risk Score

Allocated Hours 1 less than 2.2 Lakes combined into a pool with 812 dedicated hours 2 2.2-2.99 144 3 3.0-4.99 288 4 5.0 + 528 5 5.0+ with 2 ramps 720

Dedicated Hours for Highest Risk lakesRoving inspectors for lower Risk lakesIncorporate car counters to compile data on low risk lakes

ORGANIZATION/COMMITTEE ROLES(APPENDIX E)COUNTY COMMISSIONERS / HUBBARD COUNTY AIS TASK FORCE

Rapid Response Plan PROGRAM PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION SUB-COMMITTEE Watercraft Inspection and DecontaminationCoordination with all the Element ProjectsHCCOLA AIS COMMITTEE Public Awareness /Resort ContactsEarly Detection/Lake Monitoring HSWCD MANAGER/BOARD

Fiscal agent for state funds (delegated by county)

HSWCD INSPECTION/DECONTAMINATION COORDINATOR IT TAKES A COMMUNITY !!!!!!

QUESTIONS??

1/8/201515

IT IS A PARTNERSHIP –

WE ALL HAVE A STAKE IN THIS!!!