Removal of the dams will change the trout food chain in the lower Kinni. In the short term, some negative effects will occur from sedimentation, etc. The temperature will become colder over time in the lower river which will also change stream habitat for trout and aquatic invertebrates. Some changes may be negative and some will be positive. Simply said, it will be different than it is today.
Will removal of Lake George and Lake Louise impact the trout food chain (less mayfly hatch and other food sources)?
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- How would the land reclaimed around Lake George and Lake Louise be used?
- How will the City account for sediment that is stirred up so that it doesn’t pollute downstream?
- Is Lake George providing storm water management capabilities to the Kinni currently? Or is the sediment too high currently to provide such benefits?
- What costs will we need to incur for future maintenance to the dams? What state are they in, what repairs and needed and when? How much will they cost and who is responsible for paying for them?
- The Lake George Restoration Plan represented an idea for improving Lake George and discharging colder water to Lake Louise without removing the Junction Falls dam. Why didn’t the project move forward?
- Who owns the land under the mill ponds?
- Will removal of Lake George and Lake Louise impact the trout food chain (less mayfly hatch and other food sources)?
- Will removal of Lake George and Lake Louise impact the trout food chain (less mayfly hatch and other food sources)?
- I heard that 35 years ago, a company, Volrath, put mercury in Lake George – what has happened to this mercury?
- How would replacing Lake George and Lake Louise with 1,000 feet of additional river improve either the trout systems or hotel room stays over and above the nature experiences that are already here?
