locally released norepinephrine binds to alpha 1 receptors in arterioles to restrict blood flow and generally to increase blood pressure.
Friday (9/9). Spillway gates will be opened at 10 a.m. Monday (9/12) to release 1,000 cubic feet per second through the spillway, which runs from the lake to the Lackawaxen River. The release rate will be increased gradually to 2,000 cubic feet per second, and held at that level.
Columbia Basin Wildlife Area. The Sprague Lake unit is 675 acres of mainly wetlands, with good riparian habitat along part of the lake. Cow Creek flows through the western portion of the unit. The wetlands are protected under the federal Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP).