Rock-Koshkonong Lake District discusses dredging

Jefferson Daily County Union

The Rock Koshkonong Lake District held its 11th annual meeting at the Fort Atkinson High School on Saturday morning.

...The new $35 charge was approved unanimously by the attendees.

Afterward, Christianson explained why the charge was able to be lowered.

"We have been really frugal," he said. "None of the RKLD commissioners are paid. We are fortunate that we have meeting space donated to us.

...The PAS grant for the study was for $100,000, but that needed to be matched locally. Christianson said both Jorgensen and speaker Mike Sheridan supported matching the grant, and that the matching funds were approved in the recently passed state biennium budget.

Christianson said this shows that the RKLD is moving in the right direction.

"This is a big step forward, and a big step forward into the future," he said. "We have dwelled on this litigation and getting the DNR operating orders changed for the last four or five years, and we still have that process to play out in the courts. But this gives something for folks to be really excited about.

"This lake is not going to look like it does today 10 or 20 years from now," Christianson continued. "It is going to be better; there is going to be better water quality, better fish habitat and we are going to protect the wetland shorelines. It is a win-win situation."