Lake Sylvia’s water level is expected to drop five feet to lighten the load on the dam.
MONTESANO, Wash. — State officials are lowering the water level at Sylvia Lake by about five feet after inspectors identified cracks in the aging dam that created the lake more than a century ago.
“We’re lowering the water level about five feet to get below those cracks,” Park Ranger Joe Fernandez said Tuesday.
The dam, believed to have been built in 1918, is showing visible signs of deterioration. Water could be seen seeping through the cracks this week, and Fernandez said water was squirting out during the
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