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Tuttle Creek Dam and Lake Wilson Dam and Lake Birds on one of Quivira National Wildlife Refuge's salt marshes. Lake Inman is the largest natural lake in Kansas. The shorelines of Kansas Lakes are mostly in government ownership and open to the public for hunting, fishing, camping, and hiking. Large areas of public land surround most of the lakes.
El Dorado Lake is a reservoir on the Walnut River 0.5 miles (0.80 km) northeast of El Dorado in the Flint Hills region of Kansas. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Built and managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , it is used for flood control, recreation, and water supply.
The City of Wichita operates a pumping facility below the dam which pipes water to a treatment plant in the city. [5] The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWP) manages 5,439 acres (22.01 km 2 ) of land around the reservoir as the Cheney Wildlife Area .
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During November 2006 the lake dropped to a low of only 15% from the previous year level of 48.3%. [11] The lake reached as low as 5.3% in 2007. [12] After many years with below average rainfall, 2010 saw Lake Eildon receive above average rainfall and rose from 23% of capacity in May 2010 to be 82.5% as of March 2011. [2]
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The Kansas City District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers manages Wilson Dam, Wilson Lake, and 13,000 acres (53 km 2) of land surrounding the reservoir for the purposes of flood control, recreation, fish and wildlife management, and downstream water quality improvement. Corps staff maintain the dam and outlet works, conduct dam safety ...