GPS Lake Map Assists in Fight Against Invasive Vegetation

GPS Lake Map Assists in Fight Against Invasive Vegetation

Allied Biological and The Mapping Network created a bathymetric lake map to provide a base map for tackling a difficult invasive weed population.  Traditionally lake maps have been used primarily by anglers but it has become an essential tool for lake managers and biologists in establishing lake management programs with regard to herbicide applications, dredging efforts and lake drawdowns.  Bathymetric mapping and subsequent vegetation survey revealed that Mountain Lake contains a diverse plant community including, Eurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum), coontail (Ceratophyllum demersum), curly-leaf pondweed (Potamogeton crispus), spatterdock (Nuphar spp.), white water lilies (Nymphaea spp.), bassweed (Potamogeton amplifolius), and watershield (Brasenia schreberi), as well as the branched algae, Chara.  The focus of the 2009 aquatic plant management plan was to control the invasive Eurasian water milfoil in approximately twelve acres of shoreline area.

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Bob Schindler is an Aquatic Biologist for Allied Biological, providing aquatic habitat management consulting to the northeast region of the country.
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