It's still high summer, but marina managers are getting ready to roll up the docks at Folsom Lake two weeks earlier than expected because of dropping water levels.
Folsom Lake reservoir is currently at 426 feet, but the Bureau of Reclamation expects that by Aug. 25, the level will have dropped to 412 feet, the elevation at which all boats must be removed from their slips.
Managers at the Folsom Lake Marina at Brown's Ravine had hoped to allow boaters to leave hundreds of watercraft moored until Labor Day, but Ken Christensen, marina manager, was sending letters to 675 boat owners on Tuesday, telling them they need to remove their vessels by Aug. 25 – and to let their friends know too.
Still, thanks to late season rains that replenished the American River watershed that feeds Folsom Lake, it has been a pretty lengthy season for boating – something he never imagined at the end of February.
"Last year boats had to be out of the water July 1," said Christensen. "The year before that it was right after Aug. 1. It's been a good year."
Folsom Lake Marina at Brown's Ravine has 674 wet slips and 175 dry slips, and is part of the Folsom Lake State Recreational Area.
Source: SacBee
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