Bruce MacDonald<p>Staff opened the valve to release water from heavy rains. It wouldn't close.</p><p>"The scene Monday morning at Lake Alice was of dead and dying fish, scores of them floating upside down or lying on the now-dry lake bed. </p><p>"Some park visitors reached in with their hands to pull out gasping pike and carry them over the berm to the St. Croix River, just 50 feet away."</p><p>Lake in William O’Brien State Park dries up after dam valve failure <br>By Tim Harlow and Matt McKinney<br>The Minnesota Star Tribune<br><a href="https://www.startribune.com/lake-alice-dam-william-obrien-state-park/601452991?utm_source=gift" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">startribune.com/lake-alice-dam</span><span class="invisible">-william-obrien-state-park/601452991?utm_source=gift</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/limnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>limnology</span></a></p>