Monitoring is a key component of any lake, pond, wetland, or other invasive species management program. With regular inspections of your sites, you can identify and control problem species before they have a chance to proliferate. Early identification will also greatly reduce the expense associated with control, allowing for small-scale selective treatments like hand-cutting and targeted burning or herbicide applications by drone technology. Once a problem species has taken over, large-scale management with marsh masters or aerial treatments may be required.