Introduction

The plan for 2012 will be only slightly different from that of 2011.  This year water is again being allocated to ensure early season (July through 19 August) white water recreational and fisheries releases (July through 9 September) while relying on seasonal precipitation and additional water accumulations to allow scheduling of releases for later in the season (late August through October).

Planned white water release dates are listed below.  All other dates during the recreation season, through October 14th will have a fisheries augmentation release of at least 50 cfs if sufficient water is available.

May:             12, 26, 27

June:             9, 10, 23, 24

July:              7, 8, 21, 22, 28, 29

August:         4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25*, 26*

September:    1*, 2*, 14**

* With the pool at 1365 on 1 July, storage is sufficient to support the planned white water recreation releases through 19 August and fisheries enhancement releases of up to 100 cfs through 27 July and up to 50 cfs through 9 September.  After those dates additional water must be accumulated during the recreation season to make additional releases possible.
 
**The 14 September release will only occur if sufficient stored water is available.  This is the last added increment for the 2012 recreation plan.  Fisheries releases through 14 October will be assured before the 14 September release will be considered.  The 14 September (Friday) release is planned for a maximum of 4000 cfs.  Ramping down from that release rate will be accomplished over the following weekend (15 and 16 September) depending on the amount of water available.  Releases during this weekend are expected to be comparable to the release rate of other white water release weekends.