Off Topic Lake O water levels are not good

[jrr]

I do think this is a problem with all the lobbying to 'do something' that ignored the fact that stuff might change naturally. They kept the gates open and now the levels are historically low on Lake 0:

Low Lake Ontario water level turns Cootes Paradise marsh into mudflats

The lake has bounced from a record high in 2019 to the lowest spring water levels in years. But so far, it’s really only a problem if you’re a Cootes Paradise paddler.

www.thespec.com

That rapid change will not be good for spring spawn fish.

 

[DST]

It looks like they are holding the flow back into Lake ontario.

 

[DST]

Lake Ontario St. Lawrence River Regulation | International Joint Commission

Water flows from Lake Ontario into the St. Lawrence River and passes through the hydropower project near Cornwall, Ontario and Massena, New York. The International Joint Commission (IJC) approved this project in 1952.

ijc.org

 

[jrr]

Lake Ontario St. Lawrence River Regulation | International Joint Commission

Water flows from Lake Ontario into the St. Lawrence River and passes through the hydropower project near Cornwall, Ontario and Massena, New York. The International Joint Commission (IJC) approved this project in 1952.

ijc.org

They are now. Yes. Other lakes are off those records but Lake Ontario's drop is not just a natural drop...

 

[Josh Roelofsen]

Lake Ontario's drop is due to increased flood concern causing them to lower levels on the lake in anticipation of spring flooding. Due to relatively low precip and snowpack over the winter months levels are way down. They will rebound in the coming months as they always do in the spring.

The fish will be fine. Problems arise when levels drop after the spawn leaving beds high and dry. The only species that may experience a slight negative impact will be pike having a little less marsh to spawn in.

Josh

 

[Reardrag]

Protect one lake level but screw up 4 other lake levels it makes little sense to me. People on Lake Erie are losing shoreline like never before,I see property owners reinforcing break walls that were fully functional years before but now can barely contain the storm surge of a day like yesterday. If someone is going to mess with the lake levels maybe someone can pony up some cash to the property owners that are spending huge money to protect their shoreline. But it won’t happen

 

[Josh Roelofsen]

There is no real control over Erie's levels. It's downstream of 3 other great lakes and its surface area is much smaller than all three of those, taking much less water to cause a rise. There's no one to place the blame on in this case..

Josh