BEDFORD - The in-lake improvements at Lake of Three Fires are complete and the lake is filling. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has invested $3.2 million on lake and park improvements at Three Fires since 1997.

Largemouth bass and bluegills were stocked this spring and the DNR will stock channel catfish and crappies later this year.

All campsites and cabins are open for campers, but the shower building at the main campground is closed and will be replaced by a new shower building later this summer. Campers should use the shower building at the other campground. The equestrian campground is also open.

Work included installing riprap to protect the shoreline, a new boat ramp, stake beds and other in-lake fish attracting structure and 33 structures in the watershed to prevent stilt from entering the lake. A newly constructed spillway will prevent carp from re-entering the lake. The fish population was renovated in the fall of 2004 and good fishing should return by late 2006 and should be excellent in 2007. The dredging project removed the 38,600 dump truck loads of silt from the lake.

The DNR has plans to install a large wetland in the summer of 2006 in the public hunting ground above the lake, which will further protect the water quality of the lake and offer additional hunting opportunities in the area.

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