I agree with Jeff K to a point. The goal for full pond should be mid-to late July, not mid-June. However, comparing the level to a mean from the past instead of to a current goal is where I believe the problem lies. Ther is rarfely a reason to go to outflow of 1000 cfs in June since all the downstream needs are already met by snow melt and spring rain. Once in awhile there is a late June thgunderstorm that drops a lot of water. Fine, but there isz no reason at that point that we can't go 0.5""-1.5" above full pond. When we go lake wide No Wake, it is much higher thanm that.
In sum, the mistake is in comparing levels to an old mean instead of to a current, new goal.
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