Spirit Lake, Iowa — A fundraising campaign is underway to restore Turtle Lake, a vital waterway connecting Miller’s Bay, Emerson Bay, and Spencer Beach on West Lake Okoboji. Larry Harden serves on the Save Turtle Lake Committee. He tells us Turtle Lake, near Crescent Beach, was created in the early 1900s as part of a canal system and has been steadily degrading
Harden says the project will consist of dredging and some lakeshore restoration
Harden adds they’ve been in contact with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources on the project.
According to Harden, they’ve already raised a little more than $350,000 of the $750,000 goal. He says they hope to have the raise the rest of it by the end of December.
He says the contributions won’t actually be collected until after the amount needed is actually raised…“
Pledges can be emailed to Save.Turtle.Lake@gmail.com and should be made by December 20th.
Courtesy of fellow Community First Broadcasting Station KUOO in Spirit Lake
