Lake Koshkonong today

Lake Level climbed a bit - today at 776.18 - summer DNR target is 776.20.

If Mother Nature does not cooperate, fall dredging may be off the table.

Then again, the boating on Lake Koshkonong has been awesome with the temps and calm water!

Even fish are feeling the heat on Lake Koshkonong

From the Janesville Gazette

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...Yet while DNR officials consider the pike kill on Koshkonong to be significant, Welke said it's likely a blip compared to the number of pike in the 10,600-acre lake. It's unlikely the kill will have a lasting impact on the pike population.

Low, slow Rock River now a stark contrast compared to floods of 2008

Janesville Gazette

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Yet according to local officials, the Rock River isn't low right now. It's actually at "normal" levels for summer, sort of.

"It's a typical low water now," said Boyd Richter, regional fish and game warden for the state Department of Natural Resources. "With flooding the last few years, people just aren't used to low levels."

Businesses: Lower levels on Lake Koshkonong dry up their bottom line

Finally, a better article by the Janesville Gazette

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"This lake is the biggest tourist draw in Rock County, easily," said Chico Pope, who owns the Buckhorn Supper Club, which is on Charlie Bluff, a neighborhood on the south shore of Lake Koshkonong.

A lengthy battle over inches on Lake Koshkonong

Trying to publish balanced reporting from the Janesville Gazette

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...The argument is a battle of inches, but what's at stake, both sides say, is a delicate balance between the health of the lake environment and the property rights of those who live and work on the largest tourism lake in Rock County.

High water on Lake Koshkonong could hurt wetlands, wildlife habitat

A really poor piece of reporting from the Janesville Gazette

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...The lake district argues in papers filed with the state Supreme Court that the DNR overreached its authority by basing a lake levels decision on its impact on wetlands. Some of the marsh areas in question are privately owned and have higher elevations, which the lake district believes should separate them from the lake's floodplain.

Heat in 1930s Janesville blows July 2012 out of water

From the Janesville Gazette

Woe and opportunity: Tales from historic drought

From the Janesville Gazette