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Over
the last seven days, the upper Kissimmee Basin received 0.45 inches of rainfall
to bring the total for March to 3.22 inches (130% of average) and the lower
basin received 0.76 inches to bring the March total to 3.46 inches (156% of
average). While March rainfall for the upper and lower Kissimmee basins
are above average, the totals since January 1 are only 102% of the long-term
average for the upper basin and 108% for the lower basin (Daily Rainfall Report
3/24/08).
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The
discharge from
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In the upper
basin, snail kites continue to nest on East Lake Toho,
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A whooping crane
continues to nest on
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Flow
has been reestablished to the
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The
increased inflow from the upper basin is inundating a portion of the floodplain
in the Phase I area of the Kissimmee River Restoration Project.
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Dissolved oxygen
concentrations in the river channel of the
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The
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began
discussions last week with an interagency team on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s
request for a deviation to the regulation
schedule for