Water Flows Staying At 8,000 CFS
The average daily release of water from Fort Peck is staying at 8,000 cubic feet per second, according to a conference call by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last week.
John Remus, chief of the Missouri Basin Water Management Division, said the delayed second peak reached 20,000 cfs on June 20 and held until June 29.
The level decreased until hitting 8,000 cfs on July 7-8.
“We will hold that average daily flow until the end of August,” Remus said. “Around Sept. 1, we will resume normal operations.”
Pat Bratten, U.S. Geological Survey, discussed the reproductive pallid sturgeon being tracked. Of the five reproductive females in the response reach, two “wild females” entered in early to mid March and then exited in late May or early June.
Hatchery origin females were collected on July 2-3 and were still carrying eggs.
Interested parties can also provide information through a web-based application that can be found at https://hydroviz. ca/fort-peck-feedback or Missouri.Water.Management@ nwd02.usace.army. mil.
