Citing costs, El Paso County ditches plan to drain, excavate Ascarate Lake in favor of smaller fixes

Citing costs, El Paso County ditches plan to drain, excavate Ascarate Lake in favor of smaller fixes

El Paso County officials are ditching a plan they unveiled last fall to drain and excavate sediment out of Ascarate Lake, and instead are proposing some smaller-scale improvements at the 85-year-old lake.  It was disappointing news to anglers who frequent the lake and say dredging and deepening the body of water would make for better fishing and a healthier aquatic ecosystem. Over the last decade, the lake has been the site of numerous fish kill…