SWEET HOME, Ore. (AP) — Piles of wood and debris are clogging the Foster Reservoir, a fishing spot near Sweet Home, Ore., that draws boaters and fishermen in the weeks after Memorial Day.
The Albany Democrat-Herald reports heavier than usual rainfall and a long spring forced the Army Corps of Engineers to raise and lower the reservoir’s water levels several times.
Every spring, wood needs to be removed from the reservoir. Cleanup is usually done in late May.
This year, Corps spokeswoman Amy Echols says budget and environmental concerns are holding up any sweeping cleanups of the lake.
