Lake Wingra’s murky water could be clear within six years if an experiment starting next spring proves the lake can be cleaned of invasive plants and bottom-stirring carp.
The County Board’s Lakes and Watershed Commission gave the green light to Department of Natural Resources lake researcher Dick Lathrop to install a fish “exclosure” on the lake’s western shore, after an informal survey of residents at a public hearing earlier this month showed overwhelming support for the project.