There is a quick question you can ask to find out whether the Corps is interested in protecting recreation. This same question needs to be asked of your congressman to see if he is even trying to help. The river below Thurmond dam has been swollen numerous times from recent rain events. The Corps has full capability to keep up with river flows and/or levels.
Here is my question. How many times has the Corps stopped releases from Thurmond to let the lakes recover from horrible lake levels caused by the recent drought. The answer, the Corps made no attempt to protect us and simply continued unnecessary releases that could have made a huge difference had they been stopped.
I don't know why the Corps doesn't try to protect the recreational infrastructure but it is obvious they have no desire to do so. I don't know why our congressmen aren't insisting the Corps use the information gathered from the repeated droughts this century to improve our situation. If I ask them by myself nothing will change. The tea party made huge changes by insisting on change at every congressional town hall and similar meetings. We need to do the same.
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