NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
Drawdown
•Principle- Freeze Dry
Plants Over the
Winter
•Invasive Target-
Variable Watermilfoil,
Fanwort
•Pros- Easy,
Inexpensive, Can Combine
with Other Mgmt Actions
(Dock Repair, Habitat Improvement)
•Cons- Loss of Other
Rhizome-Producers, Increase
in Seed-Producers, Late
Return of Water Level,
Impacts to Benthos
•Permits- DEC Article 15/24 Permit
•Costs- $<100/ac
