[env-trinity] Trinity River Flows

[Byron]

The following message was from Douglas Schleusner, Executive Director of
Trinity River Restoration Program:

 

As most of you know, this morning at 8:00 a.m. we were scheduled to release
7,750 cfs from Lewiston Dam.  The purpose of this pause was to visit key
locations/properties along the river and ensure conditions were suitable for
going up to 8,500 cfs on Tuesday.

 

For reasons that Reclamation/CVO is still investigating, releases were
actually closer to 10,000 cfs and didn't peak until about 11:00 a.m.
Members of my staff noticed the discrepancy between river gages and the dam
releases and contacted CVO.  They have since brought the flows back down to
8,500 cfs where they will continue throughout the evening and part of
tomorrow (Tuesday, May 23).  Our field crews have not observed any problem
areas as the result of these higher flows.

 

As the result of our monitoring during today's higher than expected releases
and the low flows coming in from the tributaries, it now appears that we
have the opportunity to go back to 10,000 cfs as early as 10:00 a.m. Tuesday
morning.  This will allow us to monitor these levels during daylight hours,
and then begin field work for that level (high water staking, etc.) on
Wednesday - Friday. 

 

This plan has been reviewed with and confirmed by Reclamation's Area Manager
and CVO.  We will keep you informed if circumstances change.

 

 

Byron Leydecker

Chair, Friends of Trinity River

Advisor, California Trout, Inc

PO Box 2327

Mill Valley, CA 94942-2327

415 383 4810 ph

415 383 9562 fx

bwl3 at comcast.net

bleydecker at stanfordalumni.org

http://www.fotr.org

http:www.caltrout.org 

 

 

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