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My name is Hunter Simonson . I'm a park

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ranger with the US Army Corps of

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Engineers at the Sandy Lake Dam and

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Recreation area . So , in february of

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2021 we started the Sandy Lake Dam

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rehabilitation project . Uh This

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project consisted of two phases um to

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help make some significant repairs to

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the dam . Some of those improvements

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included new slide gates , new

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concrete repairs . Um the old timber

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apron on the upstream side was ripped

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out and replaced with concrete . And

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then we also had our old stop log bay

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get transformed into a new dual leaf

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gate as well . The main reason for the

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improvements was ultimately for public

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safety . Some of the concrete on the

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dam was starting to deteriorate and

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some of the operating equipment was

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starting to get to the end of its life .

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Um So these upgrades were to

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provide the structure and integrity of

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the dam for many years to come . So the

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big takeaway behind this is that the

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construction on the dam is now complete

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and we're excited to be open again this

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spring for camping .