Turns out, it takes quite a few people to bring a dying lake back to life. This story was fun and frustrating to tell the journey that took scores of experts decades to figure out. In the mix of figuring all that out, I wrote this sentence:
Like dinosaurs, Diamond and a few
other plains lakes faded gradually until they were
nothing more than shallow puddles with boot prints
etched in dry banks — hieroglyphics of anglers that
gave away secrets of how good it had been.
The lake is back. The fishing is good. And I’ve got rocket fuel for the rest of my journey.
Awards: First Place, Magazine Fisheries Article, 2017. Association of Conservation Information
What I did here: reporting, writing, polishing
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Amy Bulger 