Wade Bales with Quality Lakes, Inc. out of Bluffton, South Carolina, has been promoting lake mapping as a standard base map for his clients.  Quality Lakes believes that an accurate, up-to-date map of a lake assists in several management areas.  This philosophy helped a client who was trying to comprehend the severity of sedimentation of their prized fishing lake.  Mr. Bales explained that “this impoundment is a popular fishing destination for members of the club.  Many…

Aquatechnex will be treating Eurasian Milfoil on North Idaho’s Pend Oreille Lake and River this summer.  This is the fourth year of this project and the Eurasian Milfoil populations have been significantly reduced.  One of the key things that needs to happen on a project like this is keeping the public up to date on treatments and water use restrictions.  As this project spans over 60 miles of shoreline, using an interactive map tool on…

Integrated Lakes Management (ILM) recently completed a mapping project for a Chicago metro homeowners association.  The purpose of this project involved sediment monitoring for future dredging.  Katie Traer, an Environmental Scientist with ILM, said “in order to avoid large costs and help property managers budget for sediment removal, we locate the high priority areas of sediment accumulation and determine the need and location for dredging.”  The mapping techniques utilized in this project helps ILM accurately…