FOUR SINKHOLES IDENTIFIED
Engineers Map Scott Lake Woes
One sinkhole is thought to be between 150 and 300 feet deep.
By Diane Lacey Allen
The Ledger
<img src="http://imgsrv.theledger.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=LL&Date=20060624&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=606240370&Ref=AR&Profile=1004&MaxW=580&title=1" align="left" hspace=10 vspace=5> LAKELAND -- While plans for restoring Scott Lake are still in the works, BCI Engineers & Scientists has generated a graphic that gives a layman's view of what's at play in the 285-acre lake.
Using an aerial photo and site observations, four sinkholes have been identified in the lake. Three old sinkholes also have been drawn onto the graphic featuring the southeast side of Scott Lake.
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THE POWER OF NATURE
Aquatic Wildlife Lost as Earth Swallows Lake
Published Friday, June 23, 2006
By Del Milligan
The Ledger
LAKELAND -- A whirlpool probably devoured everything from fish to turtles to alligators from Tuesday evening to Wednesday morning as Scott Lake continued to disappear.
A sinkhole created the whirlpool on the lake's south shore. It more than likely swallowed three-quarters of the lake's aquatic life, said a veteran Lakeland fisheries biologist.
"They followed the flow, and the flow led them into the ground," Tom Champeau said Thursday. "They'll die in there for sure, because there's no oxygen. There's no springs down there, and they won't pop out somewhere else...
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