The Gainesville Times has choice quotes today from our two advocacy groups. In case you missed, the Corps of Engineers has decided to start releasing more water from Buford Dam:
Val Perry from the Lake Lanier Association
“It appalls me that even though we’re still 7 and a half feet down, they have decided to release more water and let it (the lake level) come down further. The summer months are approaching, and in the past, they always tried to get to full pool by June 1. This almost guarantees we’ll not even get close to it.”
Grier Todd from the 1071 Coalition and the Lake Lanier Islands
“We were gaining a lot of ground in terms of lake level in the past couple of months. I know we had a lot of rain, but the reduced flow was a big part of those gains. I’m just afraid its going to stem the momentum we’ve had in getting the lake back up to full pool.”
I think you’d be hard pressed to find anyone around Lake Lanier to disagree with them.