Flood control dams in Coon Creek and West Fork Kickapoo one step closer to removal with approval of design funding

VERNON COUNTY, Wis. – Vernon County took a major step toward reshaping two of its most flood prone watersheds Thursday when officials announced that federal funding has been approved for engineering designs to remove or rebuild a system of aging flood control dams on Coon Creek and the West Fork of the Kickapoo River.

The announcement came at the May 14 meeting of the Vernon County Conservation and Education Committee where County Conservationist David Hettenbach laid out how the federal Natural Resources Conservation Service will pay for detailed design work on the PL 566 dams that were built for flood control in the mid twentieth century..