You really need to read the report on the study that was done concerning both the fisheries and the waterfowl to understand why leaving the water up would have a detrimental effect on them and also on the islands that you want to protect...which by the way are nesting areas for a lot of the waterfowl. It is all in the report.

Ky/Barkley is not Taylorsville, Nolin or Rough River any more than they are Cumberland or Rough River. Every lake has its own ecosystem of checks and balances. We have one of the premier bass and crappie fisheries in the nation in Ky/Barkley. I surmise that when the folks such as wildlife and fisheries biologists stand up and tell us that such and such an action is going to be harmful to the fisheries and wildlife that we should listen to them. I am more than willing to listen to anyone that has some scientific proof that the experts are wrong. So far all I am hearing from the opposition is ..."I don't think it will be a problem"

All I am asking anyone is to read the studies....make your decision..one way or the other...but make an INFORMED decision then show your action or inaction as you see fit. I myself will do what little I can, that is why this post is up here.

I would also like to post here for the record...it will take a number years for the detrimental effects of this decision to show up. By then it is too late. I would also like to add that by the time the effects do show up I will in all probability not be guiding any longer...I am getting older and don't expect to be guiding that many more years...but I feel would feel remiss if I just sat back and said "It won't matter to me"
Dave