Greg
The video of the April 17th community-wide Eurasian watermilfoil informational meeting is now available. Link: Eurasian Watermilfoil Informational Meeting April 2025
Presenters from the North Lakeland Discovery Center, …
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Eurasian Watermilfoil
Grant Awards & Upcoming Event to Protect Our Waters
The following press release has gone out to local media!
The Manitowish Waters Chain of Lakes has long been a cherished gem of the Northwoods, …
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January 14th Town Board Public Hearing and Town Board Meeting:
The Manitowish Waters Town Board approved sending to the DNR a draft ordinance titled “Restricting Certain Artificial Wake Enhancement”. This draft ordinance applies only to lakes wholly within the Town of Manitowish Waters. …
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Jamie VandenLangenberg, Water Program Director, NLDC
Eurasian watermilfoil was first detected in the summer of 2023, rooted in the Lower Trout River channel between Alder and Manitowish Lakes. Since then, …
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Third of Four Summer 2024 AIS Identification Trainings
The aquatic invasive plant Eurasian watermilfoil has been found in Manitowish Lake and the Trout River. Curly-leaf pondweed has made it over the dam into Vance Lake. …
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If you have a sample of an aquatic plant you think might be invasive and would like the sample identified, this is the process.
On a zip-lock plastic bag, please put the following information:
- Your name
- Your email address or phone number.
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Diver Assisted Suction Harvesting, or DASH, is one of the control methods employed in 2024 on the Manitowish Chain to assist with aquatic plant removal. It is a method appropriate for the removal of plants in larger more dense beds of plants rather than in areas of less dense or individual plants. …
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In an effort to help protect their waters, on April 22, 2024 the Tribal Council enacted an emergency rule banning any operation of a wake boat within the exterior boundaries of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation. …
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First of Four AIS Identification Trainings This Summer
The aquatic invasive plant curly-leaf pondweed has made it over the dam into Vance Lake. And Eurasian watermilfoil has been found above the dam in Manitowish Lake and the Trout River. …
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Grants have been received.
Control work is planned.
Citizen monitoring efforts are vital.
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