Noxious Weeds Brazilian Elodea, Milfoil, Coontail and other aquatic weeds can choke waterways. Keep aquarium plants in aquariums and clean your boat when trailering from one lake to another.

Wakes Boat wakes cause bank errosion and fill-in. Wakes over 6 inches are illegal in No Wake Zones. Obey the No Wake ordinance and report violators to the police.

Following erosion, reeds fill in narrowing the waterway over time. Also, clearing natural vegetation down to the waterline speeds erosion of the banks. Property owners are encouraged to leave a buffer of natural vegetation.

Trash Throwing trash of any kind into the waterways, including grass clippings or other vegetation, is against city ordinance and subject to fine. Trash contaminates our waterways, may damage watercraft, and cause injury to boaters and swimmers.

Chemicals Lawn chemicals and engine oil among other chemicals are hazardous to the waterways. Keep them away from the water's edge.

These are some of the threats to the waterways. Please be alert to others, and act accordingly. For example ---

REED CONTROL
	Management of reed growth, control, and removal poses a challenge for shoreline homeowners and waterways volunteers. Care must be exercised when reeds are removed to keep erosion and bank sloughing from filling the channels.

Approved bulkhead placement, with appropriate landscaping, may prevent waterway narrowing and erosion which leads to shallow channels.

FLOATING DEBRIS
	Debris such as logs, old dock material, storm damaged tress and limbs, etc., are unforeseen obstacles until they damage a watercraft. Locating, tagging, photographing, and arranging for removal is required.

LOW HANGING BRANCHES or LEANING TREES
Tree branches, or trees leaning over the waterways that threaten to damage boats and passengers should be pruned, or removed.