2025 Aquatic Invasive Species Control

The Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission will be completing spring curly-leaf pondweed delineations on Eagle and Pike Lakes in early May 2025. If areas of curly-leaf pondweed are large enough, the Watershed will apply for a MnDNR permit for treatment and treat the lakes shortly after. 

The Commission will be treating Lower Twin Lake in Robbinsdale and Meadow Lake in New Hope for curly-leaf pondweed sometime in Spring 2025, exact dates TBD. The proposed treatment maps are shown in the figures on this page. Check the Commission's Facebook page for notification of treatment once scheduled.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has granted to the Commission a waiver of the requirement to obtain the signatures of approval of owners of lake-shore property.  Instead, the Commission is notifying property owners of the treatment by posting public notice. The treatment is for curly-leaf pondweed which is a non-native plant that grows in the spring and early summer.
 
Key information:
1) Date range of treatment: April-May 2025
2) Target Species: curly-leaf pondweed (Potamogeton crispus), an aquatic invasive species. 
3) Chemical treatment will be applied by an MnDNR certified applicator. Diquat will be applied to Lower Twin Lake (Robbinsdale) and flumioxizin will be applied to Meadow Lake (New Hope).
 
Please contact the Commission with any concerns or questions.
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Note that the Meadow Lake treatment map is dated 2023. The commission is proposing to use the same treatment areas in 2025.