[wisb] Re: Draining of Wangness and Harvey Rd Lake in Columbia Co
- From: john afdem <johnafdem@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: korducki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, jjprestby@xxxxxxx, Wisbird <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 19:53:19 -0700 (PDT)
Here's a webpage that can come in handy if one has any questions about wetlands
that are being converted to non-wetlands. Generally speaking, it's a very
expensive error for a farmer or developer to convert a wetland, involving fines
and restoring the wetland.
http://www.wisconsinwetlands.org/protectingFAQ.htm#determine ;
John Afdem
Okauchee, WI
www.johnafdem.com
http://jbravo.exposuremanager.com/
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From: Korducki <korducki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: jjprestby@xxxxxxx; Wisbird <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 8:37:59 PM
Subject: [wisb] Re: Draining of Wangness and Harvey Rd Lake in Columbia Co
During the late 80's the pond on the west side of Harvey between Wangness
and DM was a nice flooded marshy area. It even had a King Rail one summer.
The farmer then installed drain tiles, I heard, and the area was dry for
many years afterwards. I was surprised how much the area flooded after the
record snows and a very wet summer last year. It was more like a lake. Not
sure what the future holds for it now.
Mark Korducki, New Berlin
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From: "tom prestby" <jjprestby@xxxxxxx>
To: "Wisbird" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 7:24 PM
Subject: [wisb] Re: Draining of Wangness and Harvey Rd Lake in Columbia Co
> This is very unfortunate. Not only has it attracted scores of migrants but
> it has been one of the premier locations for nesting Pied-billed Grebes,
> Coots, Ruddy Ducks, and possibly a few other species of ducks.
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> Because of the geology of the location, I would think that a snowy winter
> or wet spring will almost fill it up again anyways no matter how hard the
> farmer trys to drain it.
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> Tom Prestby
>
> Paradise, MI
>
>> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 17:11:56 -0700
>> From: cajunbirder@xxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [wisb] Draining of Wangness and Harvey Rd Lake in Columbia Co
>> To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> The farmer who owns the land that has been under water the last 2 years
>> that has attracted just about every possible shorebird and Eared Grebes
>> and all other sorts or waterfowl, told me today that he has been in the
>> process of draining the lake/pond. He says he needs to farm it and in the
>> last 30 years, the last 2 years are the only years he has not.
>>
>> I wish I would have had the where-with-all to ask him if it would make
>> financial sense if he sold the flooded areas to the Nature Conservancy or
>> Madison Audubon. The numbers of waterfowl and shorebirds in this location
>> has been phenominal. But I was told " this will be all drained so don't
>> get used to birding here".
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