Montana’s Flathead Lake unlikely to reach full pool as snowpack, streamflow forecasts decrease
Flathead Lake is predicted to have low water levels this summer due to warm, dry conditions and a rapid meltout of the region’s snowpack. (Photo by the Flathead Lake Biological Station of the University of Montana)
Flathead Lake is not expected to reach its full pool this summer and may end up more than a foot lower than normal within a month, due to abnormally hot and dry conditions in the region.
That’s according to Energy Keepers Inc., the corporation operating the Se̓liš Ksanka Qĺispe̓ (SKQ) Dam on behalf of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.
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