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Sections Home Page Local News AP News Blogs Archives Business Classifieds Event Calendar Forums Life Opinion Obituaries Multimedia Photo Gallery Readers Photo Gallery Sports Tempo Weather Road Cams Special Coverage 2006 Britt Festivals --> Shop Our Valley AutoFinder HomeFinder JobFinder Search Our Valley Special Sections Distinctly Northwest Readers' Choice Homelife Magazine Joy Magazine Oregon Golf Info Oregon Wine Info Other Publications Local Links Ashland News eSouthernOregon Newspapers In Education Personals Moving Here Movie Listings TV Listings Volunteer Customer Service Advertise With Us Media Kit Place Classified Ad Contact Us FAQ's Home Delivery Site Map --> Email Story to a Friend August 10, 2006 Water releases dropped at Lost Creek Lake By Mark Freeman Mail Tribune GRANTS PASS — Water releases from Lost Creek Lake will be down about 30 percent than expected through early fall after mid-season adjustments have been made to Rogue River flows. The Rogue Basin water flows forecast for entering Lost Creek Lake did not materialize as forecast in May, leading to a mid-season downsizing of releases to the Rogue. "A dry late spring and dry summer to boot" was largely the reason, says Jon Lea, the Oregon snow survey supervisor for the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Portland. Hot, windy weather helped lose water content to evaporation before it could flow into the reservoir, Lea says. And rainfalls that normally dot the upper basin by this time each summer did not occur, he says. Though boaters and anglers will notice the difference, the changes are not expected to cause any problems to salmon or steelhead spawning or rearing in the main-stem river, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife scientist Tom Satterthwaite says. Advertisement "It's actually coming out like an average water year from here on out," says Satterthwaite, who works closely with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in setting summer release schedules. The pre-season forecast was to have releases at 2,400 cubic feet per second beginning Friday and running through Sept. 10. The new release target for that period now is 1,850 cfs. Flows will be a 1,500 cfs Sept. 11-20, then 1,000 cfs for the rest of September. Flows for October will be 850 cfs, even though in-flows now are predicted to be around 700 cfs. u The Becoming an Outdoors Woman program will hold a pheasant hunting clinic Sept. 16-17 at the Denman Wildlife Area in White City. The event is the latest in a series of women-only seminars held across Oregon to teach outdoor skills in what organizers dub as a less threatening atmosphere than if men were participating. BOW staff will teach various shotgun and pheasant hunting skills and there will be in-the-field hunting both days, wildlife area Manager Vince Oredson says. The cost is $25, in part because the Rogue Valley Chapter of the Oregon Hunters Association bought 100 roosters for release at the wildlife area for participants to stalk and shoot, Oredson says. The workshop is limited to 30 women, and preregistration is required. To learn more about the workshop or register, visit the wildlife area during regular business hours or telephone BOW coordinator Heather Oakes at 541-947-6016 or e-mail her at [email protected]. Reach reporter Mark Freeman at 776-4470, or e-mail [email protected] . Mail Tribune Home | Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life | Opinion AP News | Archives | Site Map | Community | Classified Copyright © 1997-2006 Mail Tribune, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Website Feedback online casinos news Home Security Systems Online Casino Reviews Trunks, Footlocker Fundraisers UK Homeowner Loans Casinos Canada Cord Blood Banking Discount Hotel Reservations Texas Electric Choice Compare Electric rates in Texas Windermere Van Vleet Men's Clothing Debt Help New Hampshire Primary Advertisement s