Official First Draft of the Aquatic Plant Management Plan for managing Eurasian watermilfoil.

The Official First Draft of the Manitowish Waters Lake Associations’ Aquatic Plant Management Plan for managing Eurasian watermilfoil in the Manitowish Waters Chain of Lakes is available for your review.

The link to the draft management plan can be found here.

The “plan” portion of this document is contained in the Implementation Plan Section (5.0) on pages 35-41.  This document is also currently under formal review by the WDNR.

The MWLA is soliciting comments from all interested persons, particularly on the Implementation Plan in Section 5.0.  All comments will be considered when creating the final version of the Plan document.  Comments will be accepted on and before September 12, 2025.  Comments can be emailed to [email protected].

In addition to the “plan” portion, within this document there is relevant background information on the process used in the creation of the document, results from the stakeholder survey that previously went out to the public, materials used in previous presentations, results of 2024 Eurasian watermilfoil removal, and information on multiple control strategies.