Never Mind

After being awarded a $10,000 DNR grant, and making repeated claims to the contrary, the LKWA has been told by its contractor, Natural Resources Consulting (NRC), that the endangered wild orchids are not in danger.

From the Lake Koshkonong Wetlands Association website:

Wetland Plants / Orchid Study Update
Join us April 25, 2006 at 6:00 pm at the DNR office in Janesville. Jeff Kraemer from Natural Resources Consulting, Inc. will be giving an update on the Wetland Plant Community Assessment and Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid Study. These studies have been ongoing around Lake Koshkonong and provide valuable insight into our local ecology.
The public is welcome!

The credibility of this study must now also be called into question.

UPDATE 4.7.06
We are clarifying this observation with others. LKWA may not have removed the endangered species orchid from thier roster of water level objections.