But any benefit of the flooding will be short-lived. We're already seeing a return to pre-flood conditions. Another Lee's Ferry guide, Terry Gunn, concurs, There are a number of people who want to return the river to pre-dam conditions. It's impossible to return to pre-dam conditions. We have to adapt to the new ecosystem.
Nature has a way of attaining equilibrium.
Migrating birds that used to stop over for one day are staying for one month, although not this year due to the fiasco. The ecosystem may not be suitable for native species now. Besides there isn't good data to show that non-native species are better or worse off than before 1963. This was an excercise by scientists for scientists. The worst thing is that Babbitt and the GCES declared success before any data was in.