(WI) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Brian A. Wolf boasted about the shimmering water and the trophy bass he used to catch from Long Lake in central Wisconsin. But since 2005, the lake has undergone a remarkable transformation: It’s essentially gone.

“It’s as if someone pulled the plug in a bathtub,” said Wolf, a property owner on the lake. “This lake is dead.”

Wolf and his neighbors blame irrigation on nearby fields as part of the reason for the disappearance of their lake. More