Dam operators keeping more water in Flathead Lake this spring
A view of Flathead Lake and the Mission Mountains on May 24, 2023. (Matt Baldwin/Daily Inter Lake)
The operators of the Séliš Ksanka QÍispé Dam got the go-ahead in March to keep more water in Flathead Lake this spring in an effort to avoid a repeat of last summer’s low water levels.
Energy Keepers, Inc., the company that oversees the dam on the south end of Flathead Lake, had previously petitioned the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deviate from the lake’s Flood Risk Management Plan.
The water level of the lake is typically drawn down to 2,883 feet each spring as per the management plan. The deviation will keep the level at 2,885 feet — two feet higher than usual — in anticipation of low snowpacks and minimal runoff.
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