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Army Corps won’t plug Buford Dam, rejects Lake Lanier Association request
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Buford Dam sits at the base of Lake Lanier and is managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Below the dam the Chattahoochee River continues southward. - photo by Scott Rogers
Lake Lanier water will keep coming down past 1,073 feet after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rejected the Lake Lanier Association’s request to slow the release of water from Buford Dam once it reaches that mark.