01-07-2008, 03:16 AM
Winder and Foster had a fish salvage order at the end of the 2007 irrigation season. The F&G attempted a relocation effort with some of the fish at Winder but had too short of notice to attempt relocating any of the fish at Foster.
Maybe I misunderstood what "drain Winder for good". I interpreted that as not filling Winder with water again. Winder will fill with water next year. The only question is will Winder have any water left after the end of the irrigation season.
So far we are behind average for snow pack in the mountains surrounding Preston. We do have an el nina weather pattern so there is a good chance we will have average snow pack this year. Currently the Bear River Basin is 75% of average for snow pack and 84% for precipitation. Here's a couple links to my favorite snow pack websites.
[url "http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snotel/Idaho/idaho.html"]http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snotel/Idaho/idaho.html[/url]
[url "http://www.id.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/data/current.html"]http://www.id.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/data/current.html[/url]
The Franklin Basin gage gives an idea of how snow pack the Preston Lakes depend on. Here is a link to a graph you would find interesting.
[url "http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/cgibin/wygraph.pl?stationidname=11G32S-FRANKLIN+BASIN&state=ID"]http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/cgibin/wygraph.pl?stationidname=11G32S-FRANKLIN+BASIN&state=ID[/url]
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Maybe I misunderstood what "drain Winder for good". I interpreted that as not filling Winder with water again. Winder will fill with water next year. The only question is will Winder have any water left after the end of the irrigation season.
So far we are behind average for snow pack in the mountains surrounding Preston. We do have an el nina weather pattern so there is a good chance we will have average snow pack this year. Currently the Bear River Basin is 75% of average for snow pack and 84% for precipitation. Here's a couple links to my favorite snow pack websites.
[url "http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snotel/Idaho/idaho.html"]http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snotel/Idaho/idaho.html[/url]
[url "http://www.id.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/data/current.html"]http://www.id.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/data/current.html[/url]
The Franklin Basin gage gives an idea of how snow pack the Preston Lakes depend on. Here is a link to a graph you would find interesting.
[url "http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/cgibin/wygraph.pl?stationidname=11G32S-FRANKLIN+BASIN&state=ID"]http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/cgibin/wygraph.pl?stationidname=11G32S-FRANKLIN+BASIN&state=ID[/url]
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