Lakefront owners frustrated by lack of milfoil control

From the Vilas County News Review
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...The big problem, according to Catfish Lake Association President Lois Derrick, is the DNR’s insistence on scheduling chemical treatments based on spring surveys that don’t accurately measure the weed volume.

As an example, she said the association documented 20 acres of milfoil on Catfish Lake in the fall of 2006, yet survey crews with Northern Environmental documented the presence of just 10.3 acres in mid- to late May.