Preserve Lake Onalaska

Rosebud Island 1929

Prior to dam flooding, Rosebud Island (lower right corner of the picture) was completely cleared agricultural land, with residences for two farming families (Barclays and Bothes), and served by a road with a bridge over Halfway Creek at the site of the current Mosey boat landing.  All of Rosebud Island was disturbed by agricultural use and there is no old-growth floodplain fores

Rosebud Island 1929 (Zoom-In), blue rectangle highlight

Source: Fritz Funk, LOPRD Commissioner

Aerial of French Island, Northern Lake Onalaska, Rosebud Island April 1, 1991

Notice Rosebud Island almost all clear-cut / cleared for Highway 53 project 

Source: Fritz Funk, LOPRD Commissioner via USGS Earth Explorer

Rosebud Island June 23, 1994

Source: Fritz Funk, LOPRD Commissioner via USGS Earth Explorer