Trent-Severn asleep at the wheel?
Things are looking pretty grim this spring with water levels along the Trent Severn System. Next to no snowpack up in north Haliburton County, and the southern dams have let too much water go early. In 45 years I've seen the system in this state. Gull River in Minden is basically dry. Same with the Drag in Haliburton. Cameron, Pigeon, Sturgeon Lakes are a good 4-5feet down with huge areas of the littoral zone high and dry. I wonder what condition the headwater reservoir lakes are in eg. Haliburton, Percy, Big Hawk, Halls, etc. Spawning rubble high and dry below the Bobcaygeon dam. Nearshore marsh areas on the lakes I've checked are next to dry. I can predict zero muskie spawn and next to no walleye spawn. Could be a nasty year for navigation coming. Will be a bad year for the farmers as well. There's no ground moisture here. Even the spring vernal pools are absent. It's going to affect everything from hay production to cash cropping. It's already looking like drought conditions in south City of Kawartha Lakes . Places like Manvers Twp. south (eg. Pontypool area) with the super sandy loam soil might be SOL. Sounds like we're not alone. Manitoba is bone dry as well. Forest fires should be ready to roll already.
