The lakes management program on Canadian Lakes focuses on aquatic plant control and water quality monitoring. The purpose of the aquatic plant control program is to control nuisance, invasive plants while allowing beneficial native plants to thrive and provide important habitat for fish and wildlife.

 

Water quality monitoring consists of biannual deep-basin sampling to monitor baseline water quality conditions and monthly E.coli sampling at six beaches on the Main Chain of Canadian Lakes.

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You can find maps of upcoming and completed treatments and commercial mechanical harvesting on the Plant Control page.

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You can find water quality data reports on the Water Quality page.​

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Want to know how you can help protect Canadian Lakes? Check out this Canadian Lakes Shoreland Management Brochure

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Do you have questions? Check out the Frequently Asked Questions page.​

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The Lakes and Environment Committee meets the fourth Thursday of each month (May - October) at 10am at the Canadian Lakes Main Office.

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As Canadian Lakes are shallow lakes with a large amount of aquatic vegetation and soft bottoms, they are more prone to winterkillNote from the DNR regarding winter fish kills.

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NOTE: Michigan DNR has sent out a bulletin regarding the liklihood of winter fish kills due to a more "normal" winter with a long period of snow-covered ice on the lakes. You can find that communication here.