Fall weather arrived with a rush on Monday of this week with a stiff NW wind. We had two mornings of frost away from the lake that I saw on my morning walks. We had rain, wind and much cooler weather here in early October. September turned out to be one of our warmer months this past summer. We are having evening fires in our fireplace now.
Duck hunting started this past Saturday. Duck number were up this year by an estimated 13 %. Leech Lake always has a good number of local hatches of Mallards and Wood ducks and a few other varieties. Oak Point Estates is just around the corner from the "Narrows" and wild rice areas that attract many duck hunters. Minnesota DNR reports that the number of duck hunters is slowly declining since the peak in 1999.
Got my hands on a copy of the "Mississippi River Headwaters Reservoir Operating Plan Evaluation" (ROPE). This report is the final operating plan and EIS for the 6 reservoirs that discharge water into the Mississippi River that are controlled by dams operated by US Army Corps of Engineers. The reservoirs studied were Cass Lake, Lake
Winnibigoshish, Leech Lake, Pokegama Lake and Sandy Lake. The original Leech Lake Dam was built in 1884 at the outlet of the Leech Lake River some 27 miles before the junction with the Mississippi River. The dam is called the Federal Dam (pictured here) where a small town with the same name sits. The results of this nearly eight year long study with various scenarios looked at is that no significant change in the Leech Lake water discharge will take place. The original purpose of these dams were to provide a constant water flow down river for the flour mills and saw mills in the Minneapolis area.
Duck hunting started this past Saturday. Duck number were up this year by an estimated 13 %. Leech Lake always has a good number of local hatches of Mallards and Wood ducks and a few other varieties. Oak Point Estates is just around the corner from the "Narrows" and wild rice areas that attract many duck hunters. Minnesota DNR reports that the number of duck hunters is slowly declining since the peak in 1999.
Got my hands on a copy of the "Mississippi River Headwaters Reservoir Operating Plan Evaluation" (ROPE). This report is the final operating plan and EIS for the 6 reservoirs that discharge water into the Mississippi River that are controlled by dams operated by US Army Corps of Engineers. The reservoirs studied were Cass Lake, Lake
Winnibigoshish, Leech Lake, Pokegama Lake and Sandy Lake. The original Leech Lake Dam was built in 1884 at the outlet of the Leech Lake River some 27 miles before the junction with the Mississippi River. The dam is called the Federal Dam (pictured here) where a small town with the same name sits. The results of this nearly eight year long study with various scenarios looked at is that no significant change in the Leech Lake water discharge will take place. The original purpose of these dams were to provide a constant water flow down river for the flour mills and saw mills in the Minneapolis area.
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