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

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 SUMMARY QUESTIONS. INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND.

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

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  1. 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 SUMMARY • QUESTIONS

  2. INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND • INTRODUCTIONS • CHAIRMAN -HUBBARD COUNTY AIS TASK FORCE • NATE SITZ -WATERCRAFT INSPECTION COORDINATOR (SWCD) • HCCOLA WEBSITE - www.hubbardcolamn.org • BACKGROUND - HUBBARD COUNTY AIS PREVENTION • START-UP (2004-2010) • ENGAGEMENT OF “COMMUNITY” (2011-2014) • STATE FUNDING SUPPORT (2014 - 2015AND BEYOND) • BASIS FOR PLAN • 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE; STRUCTURED TO DNR AIS ELEMENTS • ORGANIZATIONS / COORDINATORS/STAFF -- AVAILABLE

  3. EXPERIENCE BASE • PUBLIC AWARENESS • DNR GRANTS - SIGNS;RADIO PSA’s AND BILLBOARDS • EDUCATION MATERIALS; RESORT ANNUAL VISITS • CREATED/MODIFIED/USED MANY (18?) EDUCATION MTLS • LAKE MONITORING/EARLY DETECTION • AIS COORDINATOR FOR ALL COLA LAKES (30);TRUST FUNDS • TRAINED MONITORS/VOLUNTEER INSPECTORS • VELIGER MONITORING ON SEVERAL KEY LAKES • WATERCRAFT INSPECTION & DECONTAMINATION • DNR INTERN GRANTS -- PRIOR TO 2012 • LGU GRANTS (SWCD AS LGU)-- 2012 - 2014 • DECONTAMINATION STATION PURCHASED IN 2013 • ORGANIZATIONS (Task Force; COLA; SWCD; Township Supervisors; “Community” Stakeholders)

  4. LGU WATERCRAFT INSPECTION • 2012: • DNR LGU (Local Government Unit) Grant and Joint Powers Agreement • 11 Lake Associations (16 Lakes) Participated • $79,000 Contributed; Lake Associations($58K), Townships and Cities ($21K) • 4,725 Hours and 7,129 Inspections Conducted • 2013: • LGU Grant – 21 Lakes; 6,659 Hours • $142,645 Committed. Partnership Between Local Government and Lake Associations: • Hubbard County - $35,000 • Townships/Cities - $35,990 • Lake Associations - $63,905 • DNR 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 - $35,000 • Townships/Cities - $34,800 • Lake Associations - $88,746 • DNR LGU Grant - $12,000 • Dedicated 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.

  5. 2014 HUBBARD COUNTY AIS WATERCRAFT INSPECTION SUMMARY • 5/9/14 TO 10/19/14 • INSPECTIONS: 13,785(7961 ENTER, 5824 EXIT) • HOURS 8742.5 • INSPECTIONS PER HOUR: 1.58 • VEGETATION 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 INSPECTORS • DNR LGU AIS WATERCRAFT INSPECTION GRANT PROGRAM • 38 DECONTAMINATIONS CONDUCTED

  6. A PLAN ---- WHAT, WHY AND WHO • What: • Codifies the Hubbard County AIS Prevention and Containment Plan • Documents the use of State AIS Proceeds that legislature allocated to Hubbard County • Defines Organization roles in implementing the plan • Why: • 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)

  7. 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 COUNTY • ESTABLISH 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 COUNTY • SUBMIT 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)

  8. KEY DRIVERS/ASSUMPTIONS • HUBBARD 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 TOOL • MAXIMIZE 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 GUESTS • DO NOT SPEND 2014 PROCEEDS (~$112,000) THIS YEAR; USE IN 2015 • EXPECT 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 GRANTS • MINIMIZE USE OF STATE PROCEEDS ON ADMINISTRATION

  9. 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 HELP PREVENTION: • CONDUCT 13,500 HOURS OF INSPECTION; 9600 STATE FUNDED & 3900 LAKE/TWP FUNDED • EVALUATE NEED FOR 2ND DECON STATION; INCREASE USEAGE OF DECONTAMINAITON • PLACE 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+ LAKES • ORGANIZE/TRAIN MONITORING TEAMS ON LAKES; SEASONAL EMPLOYEE HELP RAPID RESPONSE: • DEVELOP COUNTY PLAN WITH HELP OF DNR • DEVELOP LAKE SPECIFIC PLANS FOR HIGH RISK LAKES MITIGATION/MANAGMENT: • NO STATE FUNDS FOR MANAGEMENT OF CLP/FAUCET SNAIL INFESTED LAKES • CLP 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)

  10. FINANCIAL SUMMARY

  11. Hubbard County Watercraft Inspection Plan 2015 Rational 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 lake Risk Score = # of Access Pts. + # of Resorts + Inspections/Hour Highest Risk Score = Busiest Lakes with most out of area visitors

  12. Hubbard County Watercraft Inspection Plan 2015 Many Lakes, Ramps and Resorts We cannot treat all lakes the same Plan breaks Lakes into 5 categories for allocation of State Funding Level Risk ScoreAllocated Hours 1less than 2.2 Lakes combined into a pool with 812 dedicated hours 22.2-2.99 144 33.0-4.99 288 45.0 + 528 55.0+ with 2 ramps 720 Hubbard County Lake Factoids: 61 lakes with a Public Access 68 Public Access Points 63 Resorts (27 with a watercraft access) Dedicated Hours for Highest Risk lakes Roving inspectors for lower Risk lakes Incorporate car counters to compile data on low risk lakes

  13. ORGANIZATION/COMMITTEE ROLES(APPENDIX E) • COUNTY COMMISSIONERS / HUBBARD COUNTY AIS TASK FORCE • Rapid Response Plan • PROGRAM PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION SUB-COMMITTEE • Watercraft Inspection and Decontamination • Coordination with all the Element Projects • HCCOLA AIS COMMITTEE • Public Awareness /Resort Contacts • Early Detection/Lake Monitoring • HSWCD MANAGER/BOARD • Fiscal agent for state funds (delegated by county) • HSWCD INSPECTION/DECONTAMINATION COORDINATOR IT TAKES A COMMUNITY !!!!!!

  14. QUESTIONS??

  15. IT IS A PARTNERSHIP – WE ALL HAVE A STAKE IN THIS!!!

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