Comment on Wetlands/Hydrology

Brian;
Was there any mention during the testimony of wetland degradation being caused by the creeks waters entering into them?

Koshkonong/Busseyville Creek originates near Sun Prairie, which they use along with Cambridge for their treated waste water discharge that amounts to literally millions of extra gallons of water daily in what was once a small stream.

Given that, add a sudden rainfall of 2 inches and that stream now becomes a flooded raging river, once those waters reach the Carcajou wetlands & forests those lands are entirely inundated with floodwaters even though the lake level is normal.

This same scenario takes place in all of the wetlands surrounding the lake, they flood long before the lake elevations are anywhere near what the RKLD's proposed orders are.

The once small open water areas the Wetland Owners describe become degraded and enlarged from floodwaters entering them from the backside, which has nothing to do with the proposed or current operating orders.

Judy