Flathead Lake level simple solutions for full pool
Energy Keepers, Inc. (EKI) and the Confederate Salish Kootenai Tribe (CSKT) have finally taken steps to help maintain Flathead Lake in Northwest Montana close to full pool (2,893 ft) during the summer season by decreasing the outflows of water from the lake by 45%.
This will help, but they’re still trying to justify drawing the lake to below 18 inches by mid-August, and down three feet by the end of August. That is totally unnecessary.
Ideally, EKI, CSKT and the federal regulators need to take two additional simple proactive steps to ensure the lake level is maintained at 12 inches below full pool or higher through Labor Day weekend and preferably through Sept. 15. The two simple steps that logically need to happen are:
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