The Department of Natural Resources has disbursed grants totaling nearly $520,000 to fight invasive aquatic vegetation in Indiana’s lakes.
Lake users will benefit from efforts to control or manage aggressive non-native species, including Eurasian watermilfoil, curly-leaf pondweed, and starry stonewart that can take over and clog lakes.
The DNR has awarded a total of $156,620 in grants to address invasive aquatic vegetation. In Starke County, Bass Lake got $5,000 for aquatic vegetation treatment, and Koontz Lake got $13,000 to conduct an aquatic vegetation management survey, plan and treatment. Lake Bruce, which straddles the Pulaski–Fulton county line also got $5,000 for aquatic vegetation management.
