What Is the Lake Onalaska Dredging Project?

Rehabilitation group works to keep Lake Onalaska healthy

One centimeter at a time sediment has built up in the depths of Lake Onalaska making the water shallower, harder to navigate, and worse for fish to live in. The Lake Onalaska Rehabilitation Committee is working with state and federal groups to dredge the lake to improve water and quality and plans to do more projects.

What is the Lake Onalaska dredging project?

Over time, sediment has increased in Lake Onalaska causing issues like declines in fish and water flow and increases in weeds that make it difficult to navigate the water.