Moose

from FB 5.24.2016
Mike Webster Yes. Except for Moose Fest in October, releases increase the flow over Agers and down. Generally a Moose release can not effect the river above Agers. General?
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Eric Adsit
Eric Adsit Between 2.2 (ish) and 5.5 feet on the McKeever gauge, if the dam is online and no release is scheduled, there will be no water from the Portage dam down. Below 2.5 and above 5.5, some water is allowed to pass through into the Bottom Bottom, but if it's below 2.4 it's not really worth doing.The Top 4 run with natural flow all the time, but as Mike said, during October Moosefest they get a bump up from the draw down of the Fulton Chain of lakes.
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Jeremy Poulin
Jeremy Poulin That being said,there is a release this coming weekend
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Sam Bernstein
Sam Bernstein The dam occasionally goes offline as well in which case the section just becomes undamned essentially I believe. Happened last fall for several weeks.
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Chris Koll
Chris Koll A Bottom Moose release simply means that some or all of the water in the river is allowed to spill over the dam at Agers. During a typical release, they'll spill around 600 CFS (which is about 3'). Obviously, if the river is under 3'--the spill is less. When the river is higher--say around 4'--they'll continue to divert some water which keeps the Bottom four more manageable.
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