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	Name:	Catherine -
	Subject:	I guess we just disagree...
	Date:	12/29/2008 12:04:55 PM

As I said, I've lived here all my life, and the lake has always filled back up. I would bet that as long as that dam is standing, and structurally sound, it will continue to fill back up no matter how far down we take it. Taking it down further, and plugging it up earlier, would not alter the course of nature one bit (keep in mind that there wasn't a lake here to start with). My original post posed two questions. If you revisit them, you will see that they are actually one and the same. We continue to manipulate nature to make ourselves happier, completely oblivious to the effects our actions may have down the road (its a little more convoluted with respect to damming the river to create a lake, but the general principles hold true). It is as if the driving thought process is "Why should I care what happens once I'm gone? I am entitled to what I want, when I want it, and everyone else needs to just get over it. This is MY lake, and it was put here just for ME."

And we disagree also in that the beauty of the lake is "with the water." There is more beauty in and around the lake that is dry than there is that is wet. The lake is at its' most beautiful, in my opinion, when the water is down, the leaves are off the trees, and the air is bitterly cold. I understand and respect that not everyone shares my opinions.

There is no "right or wrong" in these scenarios (well, there is with regard to the goats, but with regard to the lake we cannot undo the "wrong" done by our ancestors that dictates its' existence). The ebb and flow of the lake's levels is all a matter of personal preference, notwitstanding Governmental and other regulations. Most want the lake to stay at full pool as long as possible, which I agree with to some extent, but I believe that the Winter draw-down is necessary and beneficial. Far more so than a year-round full pool scenario. The problem isn't how far down the lake goes in Winter, but on what date does it return to "full pool."

It just seems to me that plugging it up sooner, and drawing it down farther, returns the most benefit to the most people.

Of course, that is just another of my opinions.