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PERRYVILLE - The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s planned drawdown for Harris Brake Lake has been extended to Jan. 1, 2010. The drawdown was originally scheduled to end Dec. 14, but excessive rain in September and October has kept the lake level higher than planned.
The purpose of the planned 7-foot drawdown was to enable lakefront property owners to repair and rebuild their piers, boathouses and boat slides. The AGFC also planned to conduct several in-lake projects, such as marking boat trails, placing brush piles for habitat, repairing and rebuilding public access facilities and boat launches, cleaning out the spillway to increase flood water discharge and ensure all lakefront property owners are in compliance with the AGFC’s land use policy.
“High water has set back both landowners and the AGFC from making needed repairs around the lake,” said Matt Horton, lake manager at the Mayflower Regional Office. “We need more time to get these things finished, but we want to shut the gate on January 1 and let the water get back into the shoreline habitat before the spawn.
For more information about the drawdown, contact Horton, (501) 470-3309, extension 212.