03-06-2008, 07:34 PM
Ever wonder why Lee's Ferry has gone down hill.
They release water to simulate historic flooding to build sand bars down river. They had good results from the first two floods but the third reduced C.R. chubs populations.
I think it's a waste of time and money. The first issue is water temps are not similar to pre-dam temps. The second is there is no new sand being added to the system. All the normal sand is being dumped into Powell instead of distributing throughout the river system.
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They release water to simulate historic flooding to build sand bars down river. They had good results from the first two floods but the third reduced C.R. chubs populations.
I think it's a waste of time and money. The first issue is water temps are not similar to pre-dam temps. The second is there is no new sand being added to the system. All the normal sand is being dumped into Powell instead of distributing throughout the river system.
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