Dane County Parks • 1 Fen Oak Ct #208 Madison, Wisconsin 53718 • Info Line: 608-242-4576 • dane-parks@co.dane.wi.us

Aquatic Plant Harvesting

Aquatic Plant Harvesting - July 2nd and 3rd

Lake Kegonsa - 3 harvesters - Quam Marina area
Lake Waubesa - 2 harvesters - Goodland Park area
Lake Monona - 3 harvesters - Olin to BB Clark


Dane County, in partnership with the City of Madison, will have a Shoreline Barge Crew for work on City of Madison shorelines on Lakes Mendota and Monona.

Efforts will concentrate on the following priorities: 1) cutting will continue in the Lower Yahara River to maintain water flow and 2) cutting navigational access channels to allow access to open water. This year staff will not conducting large scale harvesting removing the top three-feet off of large plant beds of Eurasian Milfoil. There may be delays moving from one lake to another to respond to vegetation issues.

Harvesting Maps - Yahara Chain of Lakes

Mendota Monona
Mendota cutter map
JPEG format (~200 KB)
PDF format (~3.5 MB)
Monona cutter map
JPEG format (~200 KB)
PDF format (~3.5 MB)
Waubesa Kegonsa
Waubesa cutter map
JPEG format (~200 KB)
PDF format (~3.5 MB)
Kegonsa cutter map
JPEG format (~200 KB)
PDF format (~3.5 MB)

Related links

Aquatic Plant Cutter Boat