Timeline of AIS Prevention Efforts

2005

• Formed Duck Lake Nuisance Aquatics Committee (DLNAC)
• Asked for voluntary donations from property owners
• Divided lake into sections for volunteers to monitor
• Held training sessions for volunteers
• Treated 1.463 acres with 2,4-D in the fall

2006

• Started marking Eurasian Water Milfoil (EWM) areas with GPS and yellow buoys
• Treated in the spring and fall for a total 4.489 acres

2007

• Paid for one property owner to become certified scuba diver
• Biologist developed a Lake Management Plan
• Invasive Species Control Coalition of Watersmeet (ISCCW) was formed
• Treated in the spring and fall for a total 9.661 acres

2008

• Treated 4.871 acres in the spring
• Began logging volunteer hours for grant puposes
• ISCCW began providing a boat washer periodically at Duck Lake’s public access
• ISCCW held on-water training sessions on our lake

2009

• Treated 4.912 acres in the spring
• Asked for voluntary donations for the second time
• Stout family donated a pontoon (Milfoiler) to be used as a diving platform

2010

• Treated 9.511 acres in the spring
• The DLNAC became the Milfoil Committee under the auspices of the Duck Lake Riparian Association
• ISCCW provided new signage at the public access

2011

• Received a $6,000 grant
• Biologists did a detailed point-intercept survey to systematically collect plant data
• Treated 4.132 acres in the spring

2012

• Treated 3.971 acres in the spring
• Milfoiler II replaced Milfoiler I

2013

• No herbicide treatment

2014

• Treated 9.5 acres in the spring

2015

• No herbicide treatment

2016

• No herbicide treatment

2017

• Treat 4.9 acres in the spring

2018

• No herbicide treatment

2019

• No herbicide treatment

2020

• No herbicide treatment