Full APM Guide (1.7 MB)
(excluding appendices)

APM Guide Excerpts

• Preface and Table of Contents
• Chapter I - Aquatic Plant  Management (APM) in Wisconsin (pdf)
• Chapter II - Components of a Seven-Step APM Plan (pdf)
• Chapter III - Specific Elements of Your Aquatic Plant Management Plan (pdf)
  1. Creating Your Plan
  2. Implementing and Evaluating Your Plan for an Aquatic Plant Manipulation
  3. Contingency Plan for Newly-found Populations of an Aquatic Invasive Species

Appendices

1. Glossary of Common Lake Terms (pdf)
2.  Recommended Baseline Monitoring of Aquatic Plants in Wisconsin: Sampling Design, Field and Laboratory Procedures, Data Entry and Analysis, and Applications (pdf) - March 2010, including:
   1. Regional WDNR Staff Contact Information (pdf)
   2. Statistical Output Examples (pdf)
   3. Creating a Plant Distribution Map Using PI Data (pdf) -
      for ArcGIS 9.3 & 3.3
3. Aquatic Plant Survey Data Workbook (excel)-updated Nov. 2010
   Including these worksheets:

1. Tab 1 - README
2. Tab 2 - ENTRY
3. Tab 3 - FIELD SHEET
4. Tab 4 - BOAT SURVEY
5. Tab 5 - STATS
6. Tab 7 - MAX DEPTH GRAPH
7. Tab 8 - CALCULATE FQI

4. Aquatic Plant Treatment Evaluation (pdf)
   1. Compute Pre & Post Data Workbook(Excel)
   2. Early Detection Plan: Eurasian Watermilfoil (EWM) Rapid Response Plan, Prepared by the Gilmore Lake Association, 2010 (pdf)
5. Aquatic Plant Management Options (pdf)