Who uses lake maps?
• Fisheries managers to help determine fish stocking quotas, provide an estimate of lake volume for chemical rehabilitation projects and vegetation control, and to calculate potential yield of fish lakes; • Wildlife managers to determine the feasibility of lake outlet structures for managing water levels; • Anglers to find sunken points, drop-offs, mud flats, and other structures within the lake; • Hunters to find points and passes for waterfowl hunting; • the U.S. Geological Survey to incorporate lake contours into its quadrangle maps; • Publishers of outdoor newspapers and atlases to inform their readers about hunting and fishing opportunities; and • DNR lake ecologists to document lake depths and contours to determine the rate of sedimentation in the basin.
