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Hello Mr. Christianson,
I purchased a home on Lake Koshkonong just in time for the flood.

What is the standard procedure for removing debris from the lake?

How would a boater know when the lake is safe to navigate?

Is there a "no boat/slow-no-wake" order on the lake right now? How is that communicated?

Why is the lake so brown? What is being done to clean it?

The flood aside, the lake is very shallow. Why can't it be dredged out in certain sections making it better for boating, yet leaving the wet lands alone?

Sue Ayers
Koshkonong
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Sue –
You need to spend some time on the http://www.rkld.org/ website. Spend a few hours navigating the site, including about 3 years of blog postings, and you will become quite familiar with the characteristics of the lake, the river, the watershed, the history and all things flora and fauna.

Here are my short answers….
1. Welcome to the 3rd largest inland lake in WI

2. Define debris. Piers, picnic tables, coolers and baseball hats? Or tree stumps, bogs, boulders and dead carp?

3. Safe boating navigation? Read this - http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/es/enforcement/safety/boated.htm

4. The river portions are currently slow-no wake. The sheriff’s departments post all landings and the local newspapers report. RKLD also web-posts, but we are not an enforcement agency.

5. Are all brown lakes dirty lakes, or are they shallow, turbid lakes? Does the Rock River have rocks? Answers are on the website.

6. What can be done for a shallow lake? Welcome again to Lake Koshkonong and spend some time on the website.