Kissimmee
Watershed Environmental Conditions – 06/10/08:
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Over
the last seven days, the upper Kissimmee Basin received 1.17 inches of rainfall
to bring the 30 day total to 2.45 inches (54% of average), and the lower basin
received 0.65 inches to bring the 30 day total to 1.84 inches (40% of average)
(Daily Rainfall Report 6/9/08).
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The
spring recession of the regulation schedule has ended in the upper basin
lakes. Consequently, releases have ended from all lakes except for
minimal releases from
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In the upper
basin, snail kites continue to nest on East Lake Toho,
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Flow
has been reestablished to the
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Much
of the floodplain within the area of the Kissimmee River Restoration Project is
dry except for isolated pools. These pools continue to attract foraging
wading birds. The water level in the area of the restoration project
decreases by 0.3 feet from 33.6 feet near the upstream end (station PC62) to 33.3 feet at the downstream end (headwater stage
at S-65C).
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Dissolved oxygen
concentrations in the river channel of the