03-30-2017, 07:22 PM
Thank you for the reply.
I have read the list of waters where corn is allowed, and in most cases I think those bodies of water are clearly defined by geographical features. Cutler is a little different though, as there is discernible flow and current toward the dam in most every part of the lake with no distinguishing natural feature as the tributaries transition into reservoir waters.
The guidebook defines a reservoir as "the standing water level existing at any time within a reservoir basin. Unless posted otherwise, a stream flowing inside or within the high water mark is not considered part of the reservoir".
Cutler doesn't have a clearly defined basin like most lakes, and the current slows and spreads out, but is always flowing. The tributaries don't have a significant drop into the lake as they have snaked across the valley floor for miles before joining the reservoir. Is Cutler Marsh south of highway 30 still part of the reservoir because it is backed up by Cutler dam? If a manmade feature such a road is a boundary, which bridge defines it? Highway 30? The Benson Marina road? Mendon Road?
Looking at the lake's surface elevation at full pool might define the boundary a little more clearly, but it is a difficult thing to measure when you are on the water.
Again, my primary concern here is where corn is legal and where it stops being legal. Primarily on the Little Bear/Logan river end, but also on the Bear River. At which point as you approach the Bear River is it no longer a part of the reservoir?
Pacificorp owns the reservoir and surrounding property. Their map can be found at: http://www.pacificorp.com/content/dam/pa..._Zones.pdf
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I have read the list of waters where corn is allowed, and in most cases I think those bodies of water are clearly defined by geographical features. Cutler is a little different though, as there is discernible flow and current toward the dam in most every part of the lake with no distinguishing natural feature as the tributaries transition into reservoir waters.
The guidebook defines a reservoir as "the standing water level existing at any time within a reservoir basin. Unless posted otherwise, a stream flowing inside or within the high water mark is not considered part of the reservoir".
Cutler doesn't have a clearly defined basin like most lakes, and the current slows and spreads out, but is always flowing. The tributaries don't have a significant drop into the lake as they have snaked across the valley floor for miles before joining the reservoir. Is Cutler Marsh south of highway 30 still part of the reservoir because it is backed up by Cutler dam? If a manmade feature such a road is a boundary, which bridge defines it? Highway 30? The Benson Marina road? Mendon Road?
Looking at the lake's surface elevation at full pool might define the boundary a little more clearly, but it is a difficult thing to measure when you are on the water.
Again, my primary concern here is where corn is legal and where it stops being legal. Primarily on the Little Bear/Logan river end, but also on the Bear River. At which point as you approach the Bear River is it no longer a part of the reservoir?
Pacificorp owns the reservoir and surrounding property. Their map can be found at: http://www.pacificorp.com/content/dam/pa..._Zones.pdf
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