Aquatic vegetation cannot be removed for aesthetic reasons.  However, under certain conditions, some plants my be removed for recreational purposes.

A permit is needed to:
 

• Destroy any emergent vegetation.

• Control vegetation in an area larger than 2500 square feet or winder than 50 feet or 1/2 the total shoreline, whichever is less.

• Use herbicides or algaecides to control plants.

• Transplant aquatic plaints into a lake.Use and automated unattended plant control device in the lake.

A permit in not needed when:
 

• Submerged vegetation is cut of pulled by hand.

• The cleared area does not extend along more than 50 feet of the property shoreline, or 1/2 the length of the total shoreline, which ever is less.

• The total clearance area does not exceed 2500 square feet.

• A channel with a maximum width of 15 feet is maintained to reach open water in a boat.

• The cut or pulled vegetation is immediately and permanently removed from the water and placed where it cannot re-enter the lake.