1. At the west end of the lake, water was pushed away from shore, causing lake levels to fall. 2. He said years of high lake levels have drowned those marshes, spread pollution and helped noxious hydrilla weeds to migrate. 3. He sees water wonks and environmentalists becoming mired in the details of lake levels and endangered sparrows. 4. If heavy monsoon rains arrive and have any effect on lake levels, nothing will be done. 5. Meanwhile, even as falling lake levels displease many in the region, there are some exceptions. 6. One tribe, the Standing Rock Sioux, has filed a lawsuit against the corps, and is seeking a permanent freeze in the lake level. 7. That should translate into fairly good lake levels from Powell to Yuma. 8. The corps is responsible for maintaining the lake level. 9. The high lake levels from the wet years flooded brush and trees at Mead, producing huge crops of bass and forage fish. 10. The lake level at Lanier is measured as it rises and falls at a fixed stadia board, which has been surveyed and permanently attached, Allison said. |