Kissimmee Watershed Environmental
Conditions – 02/26/08
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Over
the last seven days, the upper Kissimmee Basin received approximately 0.37
inches of rainfall in the last seven days to raise the 117-day total to 4.96
inches (51% of average) and the lower basin received 0.58 inches to raise the
117-day total to 4.42 inches (57% of average) (Daily Rainfall Report 2/26/08).
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Water
levels in the upper basin lakes are at or below their regulation
schedules.
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In the upper
basin, snail kites continue to nest on East Lake Toho and
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A whooping crane
nest with eggs has been reported on
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Flow
has been reestablished to the
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Dissolved
oxygen concentrations in the river channel of the