Folks,
If you don't know about the lake levels being low by now, you haven't been out fishing! Berlin, Mosquito and West Branch dams were all built primarily for flood control. We saw that happen last year with the high water. Another mission of these dams is what is called low flow augmentation - to maintain certain water levels downstream.
At WB, an agreement was made with both Mahoning and Trumbull counties in which they both contributed over 5 million to the construction of the dam to be able to provide a certain level and temperature of water flowing down the Mahoning. This was initially due to the steel mills, however, the agreement to maintain the level still remains.
This has been a dry year with no snow melt and little to no measurable rain has come our way. Storage at the lakes were already low prior to augmenting the flow downstream. Berlin, Mosquito and WB never made it to summer pool. The lake level is higher at Milton because of an agreement made with them decades ago to keep the water up to a certain level during the summer.
With all that, the water levels of Berlin, Mosquito and WB will continue to decline with boating and facilities being impacted. I've attached our latest reservoir forecast chart (see last page for Berlin, Mosquito and Kirwan).
More than anything when on the water now - SLOW DOWN, watch for obstacles and the other guy, obey the buoy markers, and wear your lifejacket.
Fish Safe!
RangerJulie
If you don't know about the lake levels being low by now, you haven't been out fishing! Berlin, Mosquito and West Branch dams were all built primarily for flood control. We saw that happen last year with the high water. Another mission of these dams is what is called low flow augmentation - to maintain certain water levels downstream.
At WB, an agreement was made with both Mahoning and Trumbull counties in which they both contributed over 5 million to the construction of the dam to be able to provide a certain level and temperature of water flowing down the Mahoning. This was initially due to the steel mills, however, the agreement to maintain the level still remains.
This has been a dry year with no snow melt and little to no measurable rain has come our way. Storage at the lakes were already low prior to augmenting the flow downstream. Berlin, Mosquito and WB never made it to summer pool. The lake level is higher at Milton because of an agreement made with them decades ago to keep the water up to a certain level during the summer.
With all that, the water levels of Berlin, Mosquito and WB will continue to decline with boating and facilities being impacted. I've attached our latest reservoir forecast chart (see last page for Berlin, Mosquito and Kirwan).
More than anything when on the water now - SLOW DOWN, watch for obstacles and the other guy, obey the buoy markers, and wear your lifejacket.
Fish Safe!
RangerJulie
