Modification of Reservoir Release in the Upper Wabash River

A new project is underway for Indiana, to partially restore natural flows to the upper Wabash River. Mark Pyron (Ball State University), Reuben Goforth (Purdue University), Ron Turco (Purdue University), and Kent Wamsley (The Nature Conservancy) are working with the US Army Corps of Engineers and United States Geological Survey to modify the flow release from the three upper Wabash River reservoirs. We have scheduled a meeting at Purdue University Beck Education Center on August 5, 2009 beginning at 1 pm, to present and discuss the project. Presentations include the historic and current Wabash River fishes (Pyron), management of flood control reservoirs in the upper Wabash River (Bill Byron, Jamie Blanton, USACE), the Green River, Kentucky, reservoir release project (Richie Kessler, Campbellsville University), and impacts to landowners and farmers of flooded lands and potential opportunities to lessen the impacts (Jerod Chew, Indiana State Department of Agriculture).