West Boggs Lake near Loogootee, Indiana will undergo a winter drawdown again this year, as part of an ongoing project to control the population of Gizzard Shad. This project is cooperation between the Daviess-Martin Joint County Parks Department, which owns the lake, and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife. Drawing the water level down during winter significantly increases the chances of winter kill for shad without harming game fish populations.

The drawdown will begin sometime on or shortly after December 11, 2006. The target water level for the project is to be between five and eight feet below normal pool, depending on rainfall and snow melt conditions. The release of water will end when the eight foot level is reached, or when the reasonable probability of freezing weather has passed. Officials expect the lake to return to normal levels during March and April.