Weed Harvesting Improves Water Flow in Madison Lakes

/ Published in Aquatic Plant Management, Water Quality & Pollution
Aquatic Weed Harvester
A lot of rain — but maybe not as much as you think — fell Aug. 20 on the shallow, 281-square-mile basin of land that drains into Madison’s lakes Mendota and Monona in Madison, Wisconsin. Most of the 12- to 15-inch deluge that drenched parts of western Dane County flowed away from Madison toward the

Weed Cutters Fight Flooding

/ Published in Aquatic Plant Management, Water Quality & Pollution
Aquatic Weed Harvester
Dane County’s 13 aquatic plant harvesters will aid county efforts to mitigate flooding in the Yahara Chain of Lakes in Wisconsin. Dane County’s total operating budget for lake weed management in 2019 is $773,400 – a more than 53 percent increase in funds compared to last year. Harvesting of aquatic plants occurs over an area