Consider wildlife, lengthy drought before draining lake

Consider wildlife,

lengthy drought before draining lake

I have recently been reading

in the local papers, about the upcoming dredging of Lake Peachtree and

the possibility of emptying the lake to accomplish this project. I also

understand that it is a job that can be done without emptying the lake.

My question to the Fayette

County Water Commission is What about the wildlife that live in and around

the lake who depend on its resources? We have numerous ducks, geese, turtles,

fish and several great blue herons, along with other varieties of wildlife,

that live and feed there. Please, please, please consider the consequences

for these animals if you drain the lake. It would be devastating to their

very existence!

There are many of us in the

community who enjoy seeing the wildlife in the area. In fact a few of

us were involved not long ago in the rescue of a great blue heron who

was tangled in kite wire up in the trees. After vet care, a two-week stay

at Second Chance Wildlife Center for rehab and exercise in their flight

pen, he was released