May 2007

Pineview 3.5ft, 5-31-07 @ 6:00pm

Pineview 3.5ft @ 6:00pm & 7:30pm

North  Fork: Appears to be in (see photo below)

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Photo: North Fork of the Poudre. From this visual, it appears to be running. This photo was taken earlied today by Brandon Schmit.

Pineview: 3.5 @ 2:00pm on 5/30

Pineview: 3.5 @ 2:00pm & 3.6 @ 6pm

Pineview 3.75ft, 5-29-07 @ 6:30pm

Pineview 3.75ft @ 6:30pm

Sportsman’s/Spencer Heights: 3ft @ 10am

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The entrance into Cyclotron rapid, Spencer Heights. From earlier this weekend at 2.5ft

3.6 @ 12 & 3:30, 5/28

Pine View: 3.6 @ 12 & 3:30pm

Sportsman’s/Spencer Heights: 2.75

3.4 @ 6:00pm 5/27

Pine View: 3.4 @ 6:00pm

North Fork: The take-out gate is open and the word is that flows are optimal for the upper N. Fork run.

Sportsman’s/Spencer Heights: 2.6ft @ 4pm (Medium)

Joe Wright: Low @ 3pm

Big South: 3.25ft on the new rock gauge in the morning, 3.5ft @ 3:30pm, and 4ft in the late afternoon. Today’s 4ft afternoon reading on the new painted rock seems to roughly correlate to a medium-high flow, or approx. 2.75ft on the old Moran  gauge:

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The new Big South gauge, located under the takeout bridge on river-right. 4ft represents a medium flow (approx. 2.75ft on the old gauge).

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The snowpack in the Agnes drainage is holding strong for this time of the year. The corn skiing is fantastic right now. Many of the lines are filled in all the way to the highway.

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Ethan G. approaching the Z-couloir on No Name peak, 5-28-07.

Happy Memorial Weekend everyone!

3.4 @ 1 PM, 5/26


3.4 at 4pm, May 24th

Pine View: 3.4ft @ 4pm

Sportsman/Spencer Heights: 2.8ft @ 6:30pm

Poudre at 3.6, May 23rd 8pm

Poudre at 3.6, May 23rd 8pm

3.8 @ 4:30pm, 5/22/07


Glade Res. hearing Tues 22 May, Ft Collins

Glade Reservoir is an important issue that should interest all northern Colorado boaters - please show your support to oppose the dam tomorrow (Tuesday) in Ft Collins. More details below:

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Dear Friends;

For nearly a century and half, the Cache la Poudre River has been dammed and diverted. Nearly 90% of its water pools behind dams or is diverted out of the river for agriculture, municipal, and industrial uses. At its junction with the South Platte River, the river has become a depleted, stinking ditch for most of the year.

A small amount of the river’s water is unallocated. It runs freely and manages to peak every three years or so, and these periodic, minor peaking flows are essential for maintaining ecosystem health and improving water quality.

A large new dam has been proposed to impound this last remaining unallocated water in the river, the proposed Glade Reservoir, part of the Northern Integrated Supply Project (NISP).

The irony is that new dams aren’t actually needed in our region. Northern Colorado communities, industry, and agriculture can meet their needs for water for drought protection and growth by conserving existing water resources and utilizing them at maximum efficiency.

This coming Tuesday evening at City Hall, May 22nd, the Fort Collins City Council will be hearing two presentations on NISP - one from the projects proponents, the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, and one from the projects opponents, the Save The Poudre Coalition. Members of the Save The Poudre coalition will present their case for restoring and maintaining the health of the river. Please come hear the presentation and speak with your council representatives after the meeting.

The work session is Tuesday, May 22, 6:00pm at the Ft Collins City Hall, 300 W. Laporte Ave.

For further information, go to SaveThePoudre.org - Don’t Flatline the Poudre! or contact Mark Easter (measter@frii.com), Gary Wockner (garywockner@comcast.net) or Becky Long (becky@cecenviro.org).

Thank you for your interest.

Sincerely,

Mark Easter
Sierra Club Poudre Canyon Group

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This message was originally posted on Mountainbuzz by johng yesterday. To reply to the original post, please visit:

http://www.mountainbuzz.com/forums/f11/poudre-glade-res-hearing-tues-22-may-ft-13688.html

3.5ft @ 6pm, 5/21/07


3.5 @ 1:30pm, 5/20/07

Pine View: 3.5 @ 1:30pm

Sportsman’s Gauge: 3.2 @ 2:30pm. Spencer Heights was running high and rising. Watch for new wood!

Joe Wright: High!

Generally speaking, watch for new wood!!

3.45 @ 2:00pm 5/19

Pine View: 3.45 @ 2:00pm

Little South: .75ft @ 3pm

Big South: Big!

Spencer Heights: 2.5ft @ 4pm. Good medium flow. There was some new wood in the run, but all was easily avoidable.

Joe Wright: Too low/unrunable

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Little South gauge reads .75ft: Too Low!

3.3 @ 12:00 on 5/18

Pine View: 3.3 @ 12:00 on 5/18

Sportsman: 2.6ft @ 7pm

Poudre Clean Up Sat. May 19th: Meet at Lee Martinez Park at Noon (or whenever you can get there). Trash bags and gloves are provided, beer afterwards.

3.3ft @ 3pm, May 17th

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Video Clip: Evan Stafford in Lower Narrows, from yesterday

3.1 at 6pm, May 16th

Evan whitelining it at 3.1ft

Photo: Evan Stafford ‘whitelining’

Pineview 3.25ft @ 6pm 5-15-07

Things are starting to get spicy. Don’t gamble and lose, be safe…

Poudre at 3.1 Monday at 10:00 am

Water is coming down the canyon!! Narlows is getting exciting, right kevin?

JJ in the Lower Narrows

Photo: JJ Hannah in the Lower Narrows

2.9 @ 11:00 & 2:30 on 5/13

the river’s comin’ on up. things are starting to get fun. watch out for “the man” in the canyon.

Lower Narrows

Photo: The Craw and Frenchy in the Lower Narrows

2.5 @ 10:00 and 2:00 on 5/12

come on up boys and girls. the water’s fine. the large tree above cardiac is still there. just go far right and you’ll be fine. watch out for the heat on the way up the canyon. they had a car pulled over going up and coming down right at the entrance to the canyone.

Pineview: 1.8 @ 2:00 pm on 5/11


Pine view: 1.3ft @ 7:30pm on 5-09-07


1.25ft @ 6pm, 05/08/07


1.3ft at 8pm 5-07-07

Yes, things are still flowing. Don’t listen to the guage.

Pine View: 1.7ft @ 1:30pm [05/06/07]


Pine View: 2ft @ 4:15pm [05/05/07]

There is a channel wide tree down in Poudre park on the river left most channel at Pinball or tight ass corner above Cardiac. Don’t go left.

Pine View: 2.4ft @ 8pm [05/04/07]

Pine View gauge was 2.4ft, rockin the 2.5ft line, at 8pm. Game on!

Pine View: 1.9ft @ 7pm [05/03/07]


Pine View: 1.75ft @ 6pm [05/02/07]

Watch for moving wood as the water rises. There was a bunch of new wood in the middle narrows today, including a log blocking the right entrance to one of the main lines on Sportscar corner.

Pine View: 1.3ft @ 5pm [05/01/07]