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LYON COUNTY, Ky. — Down an old dirt road that skirts around the backwaters of a bay in dense woods near Lake Barkley, Demumbers Creek trickles louder than the chirp of birds and the rustle of squirrels leaping from branches. This time of year, the water runs fast here — and clear. It rushes downhill toward the bay near a small campground across the lake from Kuttawa. It’s calm, quiet, peaceful. This small stream at the northern tip of Land Between the Lakes National Rec