Bad News For Milford!

I was talking to one of the fishery biologists at Ft Riley and he said the C.O.E. told them that they are getting ready to open up the outlet at Milford and dump a bunch of water!:mad: Thinking back to last September, the C.O.E. said then that they had been authorized to drop Milford up to 14 ft below normal(Multipurpose pool level). As of yesterday Milford was



Date: February 20, 2013

Lake Elevation: 1137.73 Multipurpose Pool Elevation: 1144.40

Flood Pool Elevation: 1176.20

Discharge: 100 CFS

Inflow: 48 CFS

Temperature

Current: 16

Past 24 Hours:

High: 38

Low: 16 Lake Water Surface Temperature: 33

Outlet Channel Water Surface Temperature: 33



If they drop it another 7 ftow, there will be no cover for the crappie spawn!:banghead

Did he give you a reason for the dump?

I dont know thier reason for wanting to drop it another 7 feet. But if thata thier plan i really hope that we get some massive rains in March.....

That sucks!

Someone has to keep the Mississippi barges floating. Might as well be that good old KS water no one uses.

Yo Joe,

It might NOT be as bad as one thinks, there are many multiplies in your concerns. I can only think of the massive spawn that started Glen Elder off on this last/present go around. You see, Glen was 10'+ on the down side and had an incredible spawn before the waters filled the pool, 10'. IMO this was because of some circumstances not generally encountered. When lakes down to a point their silt basins are left high and dry, this exposes river and creek channels that now become PRIME spawning habitat, and there's miles of them.

Some critical factors would be stable or slowly rising water levels, or complete inundation to normal pool. Continued falling water levels during the spawn would be detrimental. Cyclic weather patterns are another, however Milford has a young crappie population which itself is an awesome benefit. I'm sure there are other things but these to me are what it takes to pop off an exceptional or even good spawn.

On the other side of the coin, habitat and park mgmt need to be addressed. It provides and excellent opportunity for both, one can only hope things like boat ramp repairs, digging and breakwaters are done. Write, call, and email your Reps asking and stating these issues be addressed. Heck, invite them to go fishing, somehow that 1st hand experience seems to carry more weight. In short, be hopeful and positive. :ThumbsUp

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Originally Posted by crappiedoc

. Write, call, and email your Reps asking and stating these issues be addressed. Heck, invite them to go fishing, somehow that 1st hand experience seems to carry more weight. In short, be hopeful and positive. :ThumbsUp

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Very Good!!! Can you post names, addresses, phone #s, & Email addresses, of who to contact? Thanks <*)}}}><

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Originally Posted by Crappie Chatt

Very Good!!! Can you post names, addresses, phone #s, & Email addresses, of who to contact? Thanks <*)}}}><

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John Reinke is the fishery Biologist for Milford his email address is [email protected]

I don't have a specific persons email for Milford C.O.E. but the main email for them is [email protected]

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Hope this helps you out brother :ThumbsUp

Drain those zebra mussel infested waters! It will all come back around. I heard last summer (correct me if i'm wrong) the City of Manhattan and Topeka's emergency water plan is to release from Tuttle and then Milford.

the way the coe stunk up things in 2011 flooding everything from iowa to mississippi lets me think their thoughts are it is our water we can play with it any way we wany to?

Has anyone heard anything regarding this lately? And have they started lowering it?

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Originally Posted by shortdraw

Has anyone heard anything regarding this lately? And have they started lowering it?

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You know I don't wonder if part of the reason to keep it low is to kill as many Zebras as possible......the ramp areas and shore lines are covered in dead Zebras. So this may be a part of the rationale of drawing it down and keeping it down for a while. I am sure the drought factors in to the low water levels but the combination of factors in some way play a part. If that's a part of the reason I think most would support this agenda but it would be nice if the C.O.E. would communicate better with the general lake use public. Sometimes I think they discount or over look that we are more than just fisherman and many have a professional backgrounds in biology, science, engineering, medicine, chemistry, or just 30+ years of actual applied conservation based knowledge to include an in depth understanding of the lakes we use. Not saying we know best just that we are not completely ignorant and communicating short and long term plans help everyone understand just a little better.

Date: March 9, 2013

Lake Elevation: 1137.71
Multipurpose Pool Elevation: 1144.40

Flood Pool Elevation: 1176.20

Discharge: 100 CFS
Inflow: 48 CFS
Temperature

Current: 48
Past 24 Hours:
High: 64
Low: 48
Lake Water Surface Temperature: 37
Outlet Channel Water Surface Temperature: 37


Precipitation

Past 24 Hours: 0.18
Calendar Year to Date: 2.51

Average Precipitation
Calendar Year to Date: 2.45


Wind

Direction: S
Speed: 15
Past 24 Hours:
Maximum Wind Speed: 30
Evaporation Rate: .07


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