82/82

March 5 is 82 days from December 14 and it is also 82 days until May 26, so we are half way from the breach to Memorial Day weekend. When I think about all that has been accomplished in the past 82 days I feel pretty good that most things will be ready for the summer season. I did receive an email asking that I update you all more frequently about the condition of the river. First, if you will click on the River Gauge Data link on the right, the first graph is river flow and you will see it is way down. We just have not had much rain this winter. The last graph is water clarity, turbidy, and we want to see that near 1. Now this gauge is on the East Fork so by the time the water gets to the lodge it has be diluted by the West and Middle Forks, so the main river is much clearer than the East Fork. So if we get some good spring rains a lot of the cloudy water should be headed south towards Clearwater Lake.