Hardwood Lake Property Owners Association
Prescott, Michigan
Established October 23, 1975
Click on graphic at right to see
a report on the 2009 lake weed
control project.
This report was also published in the Fall 2009 newsletter.
If you wondered what all of the different types of weeds were in the lake, click on the link below to see what was found in the annual survey conducted September 16, 2010.
Nymphaea, top, otherwise known as water lily makes up over 25% of the vegetation in the lake littoral zone.
Wild Celery, bottom, is an important source of food for waterfowl and makes up 8% of the vegetation in the lakes littoral zone.
2011 Weed Control
August 18 - There was a 24 acre algae treatment on August 17. The treatment was along the populated areas of the lake.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • August 5 - Weed harvesting was completed August 4. There are plans for another algae treatment in the next few weeks.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
July 21 - Another algae treatment of 27 acres along with one-half acre curlyleaf pondweed.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Weed harvesting was tentatively scheduled for the week of July 18 and was then moved to the week of July 25. The harvest will be for lily pads and pondweeds. Will be primarily along the populated areas of the lake.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
June 23 -There was another treatment on for 2 acres of curlyleaf pondweed and 27 acres of planktonic algae. The pondweed area is in the southwest corner of the lake with the algae treatment in the populated areas of the lake.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
June 16 -The first treatment of the lake for 2011 was completed. This was for 1.25 acres of curlyleaf pondweed and 19 acres of nuisance filamentous algae.
The lake was surveyed for weeds again on June 16, 2011
For maps of the area click.
