Fish Doc - Point of order: The river levels don't change due to court-ordered spill, or any type of spill. Spill just puts more water over the spillway, and less thru the turbines. The total amount of water in the river remains the same.

If the river levels are rising it's either because of higher run-off (the snow is beginning to melt); or because the Corps of Engineers is dumping water from the storage reservoirs in anticipation of higher run-off volumes in the days ahead.