The aquatic plant management goals and objectives for Whitewater and Rice Lakes were developed by the WRLMD. The agreed goals and objectives are to: 1. Protect and maintain public health, and promote public comfort, convenience, necessity, and welfare, in concert with the natural resource, through the environmentally sound management of native vegetation, fishes, and wildlife populations in and around Whitewater and Rice Lakes; 2. Effectively control the quantity and density of aquatic plant growths in portions of the Whitewater and Rice Lakes basin to better facilitate the conduct of water-related recreation, improve the aesthetic value of the resource to the community, and enhance the natural resource value of the waterbody; 3. Effectively maintain the water quality of Whitewater and Rice Lakes to better facilitate the conduct of water-related recreation, improve the aesthetic value of the resource to the community, and enhance the resource value of the waterbody; and, 4. Promote a quality, water-based experience for residents and visitors to Whitewater and Rice Lakes consistent with the policies and objectives of the WDNR as set forth in the regional water quality management plan, SEWRPC Planning Report No. 30, A Regional Water Quality Management Plan for Southeastern Wisconsin—2000, adopted by the Regional Planning Commission on July 12, 1979, and, as refined in SEWRPC Memorandum Report No. 93, A Regional Water Quality Management Plan for Southeastern Wisconsin: An Update and Status Report, March 1995, and SEWRPC Community Assistance Planning Report No. 224, A Lake Management Plan for Whitewater and Rice Lakes, Walworth County, Wisconsin, February 1997.

Monitor plants on Whitewater Lake

Monitor plants on Rice Lake