Crews are now scheduled to start replacing the more than 300-foot-long stretch of pipe and fill in the hole starting next Monday. They expect the project to be done by winter.
The petition, signed by more than 50 Lake Region landowners and farmers at a meeting earlier in May, was presented at the Devils Lake Outlets Management Advisory Committee meeting in Devils Lake.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has drained much of Lake Ilo to mitigate seepage of the Spring Creek Dam. Many Dunn Co ranchers, residents and outdoorsmen are not happy about it.
A recent Pifer's auction drew over 50 bidders for a "rare" offering: irrigated farmland in central North Dakota. The final sale price of $8,000 per acre is thought to be record-setting.