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Plan to raise Flathead Lake level torpedoed by water management team

by KATE HESTON Daily Inter Lake
| July 18, 2023 7:00 AM

A regional water management team last week opted not to alleviate Flathead Lake’s low water level by increasing flows out of Hungry Horse Reservoir.

After deliberating for nearly two hours, members of the Columbia River Technical Management Team said the plan wouldn’t be compliant with state and federal laws, nor would it actually mitigate the negative effects of the lake being low...

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