Aquatic Plants
The two major Invasive aquatic plants in Circle Lake are
If the weather holds up, the CLID’s weed control efforts for 2026 will start sometime the week of April 26th with a herbicide treatment.
This is dependent on water temperature.
There will be no mechanical harvesting this year.
Carl Bahnsen, (paintlake@aol.com) one of your CLID Board members, with support from his wife Cheryl, another of your CLID Board members, does a great job of coordinating all of this and we thank them both for all of their work.
If you will be cutting your own weeds this year please remember to clean up (remove) the plants you cut from the lake. Do not let them drift off and become an issue for your neighbors.
Click Here to view the Aquatic plant regulations page on the DNR website for more information.
This map shows where weeds were present during the delineation survey completed as part of getting the permit from the DNR to treat for weeds
This map shows the areas the DNR has permitted us to treat.
Additional Funding was provided by the State of Minnesota through the Aquatic Invasive Species Plan, developed and administered by Rice County.
Any questions about the grants or the project in general should be directed to the CLID Board at board@clidmn.com