[Awclist] Very Low Flows this weekend

[Scofield, Tim]

Hi Mary,

Thanks for all  of your efforts to keep is informed of upcoming 
releases. I, and many others appreciate it. I know some friends from 
Tucson, that were debating about what to do over Labor Day weekend, and 
your high flow announcement made the difference for them. As I recall, 
it was fairly low early in the week, and they were thinking it was too 
low to drive that far.

About ten years ago I was at a Bureau meeting on the Chama flows, and we 
asked for some advance notice about upcoming releases and their answer 
was no. They said that they informed the BLM. I asked Mark Sundin with 
the BLM about it and he said they they generally didn't know until they 
saw the flows on the gauge.

In summary, it's a joy to have you and the relatively new director at 
the Bureau here in Albuquerque.

I really appreciate all you've done for us this year.

Tim Scofield

On 09/17/2009 03:06 PM, Carlson, Mary P wrote:
>
> Hello All.
>
> I've just learned that flows on the Rio Chama have been cut way down 
> due to all of the rain in the Middle Rio Grande Basin and the lack of 
> storage space in Abiquiu. Flows are down to about 200 cfs out of El 
> Vado and could even be cut further this weekend depending on the 
> weather. Sorry, it is not a good weekend for rafting. On the other 
> hand, it's a good weekend for fishing. I think I'm about done with the 
> rafting reports for this summer. Sorry I wasn't nearly as good at 
> getting them out consistently on Wednesdays this summer as I was last 
> year. I promise to improve on that next summer. As always, you are 
> welcome to call me anytime to get the information by phone. (505)462-3576.
>
> Thanks for your patience.
>
> Mary Perea Carlson
>
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