Grant to fund study of dredging Koshkonong

Jefferson County Daily Union

The Rock-Koshkonong Lake District has received funding to study the possible dredging of Lake Koshkonong.

...Lake district Chairman Brian Christianson said that state Rep. Andy Jorgensen, D-Fort Atkinson, and state Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan supported matching the grant, and the funds were approved in the recently passed state biennium budget.

Jorgensen said on Wednesday that this study is exactly what Lake Koshkonong has needed for a long time.

"This $100,000 one-time money is to leverage the funds through the Army Corps of Engineers to do a comprehensive study of options and structures to preserve wetlands, shorelines, fish and wildlife habitats, as well as navigability of Lake Koshkonong," Jorgensen said. "As I understand the process, Brian Christianson has already been exploring those options with the Army Corps of Engineers to get started. Some improvements and preservation procedures have been done in the past, but they have been Band-aids for the larger sediment issue."