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In the spring of 1996 a 2-mile (3.2 km) berm on the north side of the lake was removed, reuniting 300 acres (1.2 km) of floodplain with the lake to act as a natural filter. The removal of this berm also increases the lake's flood buffering capacity as well as providing habitat to a wide
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