Response on Wetlands/Hydrology

Judy;

Good point.

During testimony, your question was sorta addressed in the discussion of the impact on those wild orchids and the relation of the illegal dam/dyke at Thiebeau.

The DNR, by pulling their testimony re: the endangered species/orchids threat back from Judge Coleman, conceded that RKLD has demonstrated that the orchid area is really subject to local upland inflow, impeded by the illegal dyke/dam located on the downslope. The orchids were not affected by the water levels on Lake Koshkonong.

The impacts of locally generated runoff from upland areas or streams likely exists at many other locations around the lake too.