Is SRA still monitoring buoys on the lake for position?
This is a tough issue to keep up with since the buoys can change positions in a very negative way when a lake is 10-feet low as we are today. Best advice for everyone is to be very careful when motoring on the lake. What happens if we get to the point where there are no usable launching facilities? SRA/TX comment to this is that regardless of the lake level they will try to maintain launches at the upper, middle and lower end of the lake. Silting – This is a “down the road” issue that will probably have to be addressed. Through the years Toledo Bend Reservoir (like all other reservoirs in our state) has a certain amount of “silting in” that has taken place. The 172’ msl remains the same but the bottom in the lake is not as deep as it once was due to the silting effect. That means that there is probably not as much “yield” of water available in the lake like when it was created. This is a BIG project to undertake since the original data was hand compiled from USGS topographical sheets.
