That's really great you are doing that! We are still waiting for our lakes to come back. The dam failures a few years ago have turned them back into just rivers running through a vast wasteland of vegetation. I think the people with houses are hoping the lakes come back soon as well.
That sucks dude, I know of one place nearby that had it's dam destroyed several years ago. They rebuilt it recently which is nice, but the locals we've talked to in the area that we like to go fishing, say that it was very sad to see the whole area just grass instead of a nice pond. Hopefully they can fix the dams and bring your lakes back!
I hope so too! It's been hard on the communities.