USDA
United States
Departmentof
Agriculture
- Iuly 27,20cl9
Ted Ritter
Little St. GermainLake Protection
7451WestWakefieldLakeRd.
St.Germain,WI54558
Animaland
PlantHealth
lnspection
Service
WildlifeServices
P O Box 1064
Wl 54501DearTed,
Rhinelander,
715-369-5221
Fax-71$369-1257
Enclosedis a summaryof USDA-Wildlife Servicesbeavercontrolactivitiesfrom
2006thru May 2009. As you know our programstartsaroundmid April and
continuesthroughOctobereachyear. During this time we conductgroundsurveys'
alongwith periodicaerialr*u"yr to locateanybeaveranddam activity.Since2006
we havebeenremovingbeaverandbeaverdamson MuskellungeCreekthroughour
showsremovaltotalsby
CooperativeServiceAlreement. The attachedspreadsheet
y"*. Ou"rull thru May of this year,a total of 16beaverand59 beaverdamshave
beenremovedfrom the creek.
the waterqualityappearsto be very good. Howeverroadway
As we discussed
culvertsin the creekare still a problemfor the overall flow of the stream'
We will continueour control efforts thru Octoberof this year. If your lake
Associationwould like to continuethis programin 2010,we would be happyto setup anotherCooperativeServiceAgreementquestions.
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Bob Willging
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MUSKELLUNGE
GREEK
PROJECT
- ST.GERMAIN
1-1-2006through7-27-2009
(This is raw data and has not been validatedby WS Headquarters)
YEAR
COUNTY
2006
Vilas
2007
Vilas
Vilas
Vilas
2008
2009(through5/31/09)
DAMS
BEAVER
REMOVED DUG
43
MuskellungeCreek- St. Germain
4
6
MuskellunqeCreek - St. Germain
2
I
MuskellungeCreek - St. Germain
I
0
Muskellunqe
Creek- St.Germain
2
58
16
Totals
AGREEMENT
DAMS
BLOWN
1
0
0
0
1
TOTAL
DAMSREMOVED
44
6
I
0
59