Find this page useful? Your $15 dues payment helps the MVP provide these services!(And please let Skip know if anything on this page is wrong/missing/etc.) Current River Flow Information in the Northeast [scheduled release info below] New Hampshire: [N. Branch P'cat/Everett Dam] [Blackwater] [Otter Brook] [Ashuelot/Surry Mtn]
[Pemi/Franklin Falls] Vermont: [Black/N Springfield Dam] [West/Ball Mtn] [West/Townshend]
Massachusetts: [Millers/Birch Hill] [Millers/Tully] [Westfield/Knightville] [Westfield/Littleville]
[Lakeport Dam] [Newfound] [Bearcamp] [Suncook] [Mascoma Inflow] [Mascoma Outflow]
[Jacques-Cartier] [Batiscan] [Rouge] [Saint-Laurent/Lachine]
ME: [Penobscot/Seboomook] [Penobscot/Canada Falls] [Penobscot/Ripogenus]
NH: [Androscoggin/Pontook Dam] MA: [Deerfield/Fife Brook]
NY: [Black River/Beebe Island Dam] MD: [Youghiogheny/McHenry]
Deerfield River, VT: [Somerset Dam] [Searsburg Dam] [Harriman Reservoir]
MA: [Sherman Dam] [#5 Dam/Monroe Bridge] [#4/Shelburne Falls] [#3/Shelburne Falls] [#2/Buckland] NH (and close by) Scheduled Whitewater ReleasesNote: Fall releases decided after Labor Day; typically one-per-weekend in October ending Halloween Weekend. Lower Otter Brook—No March/Early April Release This Year—Class II Millers [MA]—April 8–9—Upper (Class III) 1100cfs, Lower (II–III) 1400cfs 54th Annual River Rat Race Blackwater—April 22–23—8am–5pm 650cfs Class III-IV NESS Blackwater Slalom Race Lower Otter Brook—Apr 29–30 300cfs 9am–3pm Class II ACA NH WW Championship, Sunday release has priority for water. West [VT]—May 6–7 *NEW* 1500cfs Upper (Class III), Lower (II), Lower-Lower (I-Townshend) Ashuelot River/Surrey Mtn Dam—Sat May 13 1pm–5pm 275cfs Ashuelot Canoe Race, 3rd Kiwanis Club Race Upper/Lower Winnipesaukee River—Sat/Sun June 26–27 Class I & III (Both Sections) 1000 cfs
NESS Winni Slalom Race (Note: Conflicts with Deerfield River Festival.) Pemigewasset—Class 2 (Bristol)—[early–mid] July TBD (Sat 10am–3pm, Sun 10–2) 1000cfs Pemigewasset—Class 2 (Bristol)— [mid] Aug TBD (Sat 10am–3pm, Sun 10am–2pm) 1000cfs West [VT]—Sep 23–24 Upper (Class III), Lower (II), Lower-Lower (I-Townshend) 1500cfs North Branch Piscataquog—Class 3&4 (Horace Lake)—Oct TBD Suncook River—Class II (Upper/Lower Suncook Lakes)—No Whitewater Release Note: State cancelled whitewater release last four years due to limited participation. Speak up if interested.
Regular lake drawdowns for most rivers start October 12. North Branch Contoocook—Class 4+ (Highland Lake/Island Pond)—Drawdown starts Oct TBD Mascoma River—Class 3 (Mascoma Lake)—Drawdown starts Oct TBD Newfound River—Class 3 (Newfound Lake)—Drawdown starts Oct TBD Sugar River—Class 2 (Sunapee Lake)—Drawdown starts Oct TBD Little Suncook—Class 3&4 (Northwood Lake)—Oct TBD Regular lake drawdown starts Oct TBD. Lower Piscagaquog—Class II (Glen Lake/Greggs Falls Dam)—Oct TBD End-of-Season Paddlers' Halloween BBQ and Paddle - Everyone Welcome Scheduled Releases Elsewhere in New England Includes: NH: Otter Brook Dam, Blackwater Dam,Surry Mountain Lake (Ashuelot River);
MA: Littleville Lake, Knightville Dam, East Brimfield Lake/Quinnbaug River, Birch Hill &
Tully Lake Dams (Millers River); VT: Ball Mountain & Townshend Dams (West River). Dead River (Brookfield Power)
Included above in Kennebec Schedule. Androscoggin River – Errol Dam (FPL Energy)
Note: Androscoggiin releases are decided last minute and voted on by committee. There is no schedule. US ACOE Releases, PSHN (Pemi@Bristol), Dead/Kennebec,
Town of Otis/MA DCR/Otis Reservoir Dam – Farmington/New Boston Scheduled Releases elsewhere in the Northeast 147931373140315431573170
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 19 March 2017 )
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River Flows & Releases 
