Who is MAPMS

The MAPMS membership is comprised of persons with a broad range of lake management backgrounds.  The society's membership is primarily comprised of aquatic management practitioners such as herbicide applicators, harvestor operators, dredging contractors, and other lake management professionals.  Others include fishery biologists, wetland ecologists, limnologists, engineers, chemical/equipment manufacturers and distributors, research scientists, regulators, botanists, and lake association members.

The majority of members are from Midwestern and Northeastern states.  MAPMS programs focus on aquatic plant management problems and solutions unique to temperate, northern lakes.