The Presque Isle Town Lakes Committee (PITLC) was created by the Town Board in 2005 as a way to try to learn more about aquatic invasive species. It was known at the time there were invasive species making their way toward Presque Isle’s lakes, it was also known that there was money available from both the state and the DNR to set up programs to combat the invasion, and it was understood that none of us wanted invasive species in our Presque Isle lakes.

In 2008, PITLC successfully applied for a DNR lake study grant that included Van Vliet Lake.  The plant survey of the lake was completed in July, 2008 and there has been a long wait to get a completed aquatic plant management plan as a result of that grant and survey. 

In the winter of 2011, a draft document for a Van Vliet Lake APMP was completed and board members worked with the contracted agency to edit that document.  The APMP was submitted to the DNR in March.  The plan is not yet finalized and accepted by the DNR but the process is moving forward.

Click here to read the draft version of the Van Vliet Lake APMP.

On September 28, 2011 two representatives from the DNR joined several Van Vliet Lake Association board members on a boat tour of the lake.  The purpose of the visit was to provide a first hand look at our aquatic plant situation and to open a dialog on ways to implement our pending APMP.  Click here to read the notes from that visit.