Marsh Lake water levels to remain in drawdown for 2021 Lake levels will remain low on Marsh Lake as the drawdown will continue this summer to allow vegetation to reestablish. The drawdown has helped knock down carp populations. 3:11 pm, May 7, 2021 × Expect to see thousands of shorebirds on Marsh Lake this spring and early summer as the lake drawdown continues. Marbled godwits take flights in this file photo. Tom Cherveny / West Central Tribune file photo APPLETON — Lake levels will remain lowered on Marsh Lake through the summer of 2021 in order to protect and strengthen the emergent vegetation established in 2020. This was a collaborative management decision reached by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the Upper Minnesota River Watershed District, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, according to a news release from the DNR.