Tapps....Late Fill?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Bess on April 5, 2010 at 9:30pm

You are correct Ron. In fact the White and the Stuck are the same river. It's called the stuck closer to where it dunps into the Puyallup. Funny though my Grandmother called it the Stuck growing up and she lived in Auburn so who the hell knows....

Ronald Hobbs, Jr. said:

Doesn't the White River turn into the Stuck River and then dump into the Puyallup River? So in actuality the White River dumps into the Puyallup and not Commencement. Yes the Puyallup River does but not the White or Stuck River. Technically speaking of course.

Eric DeLay said:

I doubt that those are native fish though. My kid was just doing a report about the Green River Valley and we were reading that the White River and the Green River used to merge together and flow into Elliot Bay. A major flood back in the early 1900's diverted the outflow of the White River to Commencement Bay. I believe that wiped out the native runs of salmon in that river.

Mike Bess said:

Your are correct. Not sure what the numbers are but I think there are a total of 36 wild chinook that spawn in the White.

Misanthrope said:

Is that to preserve a fish run that has been extinct for 100 years?

Mike Bess said:

Interim flow requirements- the actual flows have not been established since the Dept. of Ecology has not issued the water right.
February 15th to March 14th- 525cfs
March 15th to March 31st -725cfs
April 1st to April 14th -775cfs
April 15th- 825cfs

The above flows have not been achieved due to a dry winter. The numbers above have to be exceeded by 100 CFS to divert water into the lake. This weekend with the weather moving in will help. Cascade now states that the lake will be at full pool by May 1st.

Permalink Reply by Mike Bess on April 5, 2010 at 9:34pm

Here's what I found for anyone who cares....


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The Stuck River in Washington state is a former small stream turned distributary and later final course of the White River, near Auburn to the Puyallup River at Sumner. The river was named for a Lushootseed word meaning "log jam", "gouged through"[1][2], or "plowed through".[3]

Throughout the late 1800s, farmers in the valley attempted various flood control efforts that eventually allowed the White River to partially flow into the Stuck River in 1899. In 1906, a great flood diverted the White River's entire flow into the Stuck River. The entire length of the former Stuck is now considered the final reach of the White River, though the Stuck River name still appears on many maps, in local place names, and in legal descriptions of property near the river.

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