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County hears multi-decade update on Pelican Lake management plan; officials monitor long-term outlet level
Summary
County officials received an extended update on Pelican Lake's multi-decade management program, including a drawdown completed in the 2010s, land acquisitions to protect shoreline, and a gravity outlet intended to maintain a long-term managed level; further drawdowns would require permits and environmental review.
Wright County commissioners on March 4 heard an overview of the Pelican Lake management plan, a decades-long effort to restore and protect a shallow, 3,800-acre lake that managers say supports migratory birds and sensitive shoreline habitat.
Peter Borrash, presenting for the lake management team, told the board Pelican Lake is a large, shallow lake (under 15 feet deep) whose water level rose more than six feet between the 1970s and early 2000s due to drainage changes and lack of an outlet. That rise expanded open water and altered habitat, prompting decades of study, targeted land acquisitions and a…
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