Stranded boats, old bones and suffocated fish: This is all that remains of what was once a year-round paradise.
Its level has dropped 52 metres since reaching a high-water mark in 1983.
It leaves behind a bright white line of mineral deposits on the brown canyon walls that loom over passing motorboats as high as a 15-storey building.A sign that marks the water level in 2002 inconceivably stands above a road that descends to boat slips in the distance. The dropping water levels have consequences not only for the cities that depend on the future source of water but for boaters who must navigate shallow waters and avoid islands and sandbars that lurk below the surface before emerging.Craig Miller was motoring around on his houseboat last month when the engine died and he floated to shore."It's amazing how fast the water went down," Mr Miller said.
A tow from shallow waters, originally estimated at $US4,000 ballooned to a $US20,000 salvage job when he became marooned.The day before he was told by park rangers that he had to get the boat off the sand, Dave Sparks, a social media personality known as Heavy D, arrived to help. Mr Sparks had seen a video about Mr Miller's plight, and showed up with a crew to pull the boat from the shore and tow it to a marina.The men work to dig a channel through which Mr Miller's boat can be retrieved.
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