LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — In an effort to cut back caddisfly populations alongside the Colorado River close to Laughlin and Bullhead Metropolis, water ranges will drop for 9 hours on Tuesday, Sept. 16.
Flows from Davis Dam might be lowered to about 2,300 cubic toes per second — about half the speed of regular in a single day flows. That can expose caddisfly pupae and larvae to feeding by birds and bats alongside the river channel, in accordance with a Friday information launch from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
Caddisflies may be pests outside alongside the Laughlin Strip and downstream alongside riverbanks in Bullhead Metropolis.
The lowered flows might be from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. MST (4 a.m. to 1 p.m. PST).
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Individuals on the river for recreation must be cautious as decrease river flows would possibly expose or create hazards corresponding to sandbars and unstable riverbanks. Floating or submerged particles might pose hazards till the river comes again up that afternoon.
Plans would possibly change relying on circumstances that day.
