On one of the busiest weekends of the year on the water, Texas Parks and Wildlife Game Wardens said they’d be out checking for safety violations. However, they’re also keeping their eyes on the water levels.
“Some of the local lakes like Buffalo Springs stay pretty constant, but some of the other lakes like White River or Alan Henry will fluctuate dramatically depending on several months long of drought and no precipitation,” Game Warden Aaron Sims said.
A few weeks ago, levels at Lake Alan Henry dropped down below 80%, but after recent rains they are sitting at around 84%.
“It’s critical to get rain in certain parts of the watershed, so that some of these lakes and reservoirs can catch that water, so we can recreate,” Sims said.
He said the lake levels also affect the fish and wildlife, if oxygen levels in the water get too low.
The City Water Department said they never worry too much, as the lake is designed to refill naturally.
“It’s doing real well,” Fishing Guide Norman Clayton said. “One rain will put it over the spill way.”
Clayton takes people out on guided fishing tours of the lake. He said there are beautiful secrets hidden around the lake.
“There’s nothing else like it that we know of around here,” Clayton said. “We’re known as one of the premiere bass lakes in the state of Texas.”
He said the lake levels are important for keeping those ecosystems thriving.
“If they haven’t seen the lake from a boat, then they haven’t seen anything of the beauty of this.”
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