FirstLight Power and the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection have met about the schedule of planned drawdowns for later this year. DEEP Fisheries typically requests that the Bulls Bridge canal dewatering not be done until the end of September or early October because the Mountainside Spillway feeds into the best thermal refuge for trout in that area. FirstLight notes that the Bulls Bridge Power Canal and Penstocks 14 day drawdown will be done between August 29th and September 11th, but the Mountainside Spillway gate will not be opened to discharge water to Powerhouse Brook. If there is a need to test the gate function, it may be cycled, but only if it is completely dewatered.  Otherwise, FirstLight will coordinate a test of the gate at a time outside of the thermally sensitive period and through consultation with DEEP.