You are correct about man’s ability to influence. See: The Aral sea.
That said, the last few years in Michigan have been wet, after a bit of a dry spell so a lot of bodies of water are higher than they have been for some time. Whether or not the Government tried to intervene, I don’t know but Nature sure did. Presumably to punish those who wanted to be very close to the water...
Aral Sea = Central Planning
—Joseph Stalin