The U.S. Army Corps Engineers' Philadelphia District has updated the 2017 Francis E. Walter Dam recreation plan.

The plan states whitewater and fisheries releases will be scheduled if enough water storage is accumulated in the reservoir. Precipitation throughout the early part of the summer has enabled the Army Corps to schedule the first three increments of the plan, which includes the following additions:• Whitewater release event on Aug. 26 (650 cubic feet per second) and increase fisheries enhancement releases to 100 cubic feet per second for the period of July 22 to July 28.• Whitewater release event on Aug. 27 (650 cubic feet per second) and increase fisheries enhancement releases to 100 cubic feet per second for the period of July 29 to Aug. 4.• Whitewater event on Sept. 2 (650 cubic feet per second) and increase fisheries enhancement releases to 100 cubic feet per second for the period of Aug. 5-11The Army Corps will announce at a later date if it is able to hold additional whitewater and fisheries releases.