Lake Monitoring is one of the key activities for protecting Bone Lake from aquatic invasive species like Eurasian Water Milfoil.This year 50 volunteers of the Lake Monitoring team are responsible for monitoring aquatic plant growth in Bone Lake.
The entire lake with 12 miles of shoreline is sectioned off and once every 3 weeks from May to September and assigned person or teams sets out to collect plant samples. Known native plants are cataloged, the locations of problem vegetation like Curly Leaf Pondweed are charted and unknown plants are bagged and brought to the Polk County Land and Water Resources biologists for identification.
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