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It's a big reservoir and I doubt it would hammer the whole place, but it will make my wife feel better on Tues - Wed (her Sat - Sun) when we don't go camping and we stay home to do some work on the house. I still have to get some things I would like to do with the camper as well.
Usually it is warmer water and sunshine. I saw where they were having some big blooms on the Willamette River as well, which is kind of strange. Some folks in Portland were complaining that no one was posting notices along the river. Some news outlets and the health department came out and said there was just too much area to cover with signs.
There was the added hint that if they couldn't see all of that bright green stuff floating on and in the water, they probably wouldn't be able to see or read signs anyway and deserved a bad case of diarrhea and intestinal distress anyway.
This is what it looked like when we had a bloom at Diamond Lake a couple of years ago while we were up there. Lasted a few days and some cooler weather, T-Storms with rain and wind pretty much took care of it and eliminated the toxicity problems.
A lake "turns" over when the water columns of a different temperature at the bottom of the lake changes places with the water at the top of the lake. In other words, all the nasty stuff in the water that sank to the bottom is flipped back to the top.
Doesn't do a whole lot of good if your trying to catch fish, but I've never heard of it killing off crawdads unless the water was shallow and lost a sufficient amount of oxygen saturation because of decaying sunken materials . That can happen due to contaminants and / or large amounts of algae growth - algae can suck the oxygen out of the water.
That is one reason they "poisoned" Diamond Lake a few years ago. Idiots introduced a chub, which competed with trout for food, caused an explosion in undesirable growth in the lake. ODFW are experimenting with, I believe they call them "tiger" trout now. I think some lakes in your neck of the woods, Rob, have had them planted to eliminate undesirable fish that kill off the trout and promote algae growth. They are "sterile" so don't reproduce in the lake and don't bother other trout species. ODFW had a pretty extensive article a while back about them on their web site.
Oh, so basically like a temperature inversion, but with water. problem down here they are worry about is zebra mussels. They can cause all sorts of problems with out intake systems on the river.
Oh, so basically like a temperature inversion, but with water. problem down here they are worry about is zebra mussels. They can cause all sorts of problems with out intake systems on the river.
Yep, Warm water at top swaps with cooler water at bottom.
Zebra muscles have caused a "panic" state around Oregon along with a number of other foreign invaders and have caused pretty much an all out war and extra fees here.
An Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Program started here a few years ago. There is an Aquatic Invasive Species permit that is added to every boat registration fee. If you happen to have a boat, 10' or longer that is not required to be licensed, (paddle boards, raft, kayak, canoes, etc.) you are required to purchase the Aquatic Invasive Species permit and have it on board for inspection. Non-resident motor boaters who bring a motorized boat into the state and launch in Oregon's waters are required to purchase an Out-of-State AIS permit and they can't transfer it to a paddle craft.
They also have inspection stations that they move around. They will inspect your boat and trailer for "hitch hikers". They will "decontaminate" your boat or floatable device for free. I've never run across one of these mobile random inspection stations, but I suppose it is only a matter of time.
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