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JACKSONVILLE, Fla.- Flows from Lake Okeechobee will be reduced beginning this weekend, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday. The Corps will initiate a seven-day pulse release starting Friday with a new average target flow of 2,500 cubic feet per second for the Caloosahatchee Estuary. Additional runoff from any rain in the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie basins could occasionally result in flows that exceed targets, the Corps said. “The lake level continues to recede,” said Lt. Col. Jennifer Reynolds, with the Corps of Engineers in Jacksonville. “As the lake drops, we are reducing the amount of water being discharged.” Thursday, the lake stage is 14.56 feet, down nearly two feet since it peaked at 16.40 feet on February 8.