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WORTHINGTON -- Nearly 50 people gathered Monday night for the first of what will be several informational meetings this year to discuss plans for the Lake Ocheda enhancement project in Nobles County.
Attempts to draw down the water level of Lake Ocheda in order to kill the rough fish in the lake that harm water quality aren't going well, due to factors including rain and a vegetated slough.
Part of a beaver dam slowing the planned drawdown of Lake Ocheda has been removed, but rain and plant-filled slough are making it harder to lower that water level.
Landowner to be compensated for dead fish that piled up on his Lake Ocheda shoreline Okabena-Ocheda Watershed District votes to cost-share 75%, up to $500, to assist landowners with removal of dead, decaying fish. 6:30 am, Apr. 10, 2021 × Thousands of dead fish, primarily common carp and buffalo, as well as some walleye, crappies, bullheads and catfish, blew onto the Alan Langseth shoreline on the east basin of Lake Ocheda following a wintertime fish kill in the lake. This image was captured by Jamie Langseth on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (Special to the Globe) WORTHINGTON...