The society is one of the groups that brought the lawsuit under the federal Endangered Species Act. Jennifer Fairbrother, conservation director of the Native Fish Society, said the group was left no choice after the Corps failed for decades to prevent the slide toward extinction of wild spring chinook and winter steelhead. One of the reasons people move here is to be close to these reservoirs." Environmental groups say Corps to blame for decline in salmon "It will mean some loss in the quality of life here. "It's sad, and it's frustrating," he said. We'll just have to be resilient."īlair Larsen, economic director for the City of Sweet Home, said Green Peter was more of a "locals' spot." What it means to have one of them so much lower, we honestly don't know. "Green Peter and Foster are big tourism draws for us. "It's disappointing, but it's also really hard to gauge what it's going to look like until it happens," said Lagea Mull, executive director of the Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce. By late fall, the reservoir will be partly transformed into a river as it reaches its lowest level since the dam's construction in 1967. Green Peter will be dropped so low that by late August or September, all its boat ramps will be unusable. In Sweet Home, officials are unsure what to expect with the extreme drawdown of nearby Green Peter Reservoir, a popular destination for fishing and boating. Even human-powered paddling will be difficult to pull off. That means no waterskiing or fishing from a boat. Three of the four reservoirs are forecast to have no boat access at some point this spring, summer or fall. Campsites suddenly will be a long way from the water. Numerous boat ramps will be high, dry and unusable during summer. The reservoir drawdowns mean a loss of recreation and potentially tourism.
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