Lake Okeechobee Conditions Report July 1, 2008:

According to the USACE web site, Lake Okeechobee stage is 9.65’ NGVD, which is 0.33’ higher than a week ago and 0.05’ higher than a month ago.  The current stage is 0.79’ higher than it was a year ago, 3.87’ below the historical average for this date, and 2.62’ below the simulated historical average for the current regulation schedule (LORS2008).  Total reported inflows are approximately 2314 cfs and include 352 cfs from the Kissimmee River, 1279 cfs through the S71, 94 cfs through the S84, and 589 cfs from the L8 at Canal Point.  No flows are reported for S308 and S77, and no outflows are reported. 

 

The third monthly apple-snail egg survey was conducted along transects across the outer (flooded) edge of the littoral zone on June 25th.  Shallow water (<10 cm) limited the survey to the lakeward edge of the transects.  No apple snail eggs were found using this truncated survey method.  Previous research indicates that apple snails do not lay eggs in water this shallow.  Surveys during the previous 2 months recorded only 29 egg clusters along 3 adjacent transects near Indian Prairie Canal.  While additional remnant apple snail populations may be located as larger areas of the littoral zone reflood, findings to date indicate that they will be sparse and widely scattered.

 


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