Army Corps starts lake refill, shares upcoming dam operations
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started a controlled refill of Lake Pend Oreille at the beginning of April and is on track to have …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started a controlled refill of Lake Pend Oreille at the beginning of April and is on track to have …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
A slightly lower-than-average snowpack is indicating that North Idaho won’t see the flooding it did last spring, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.…
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers visited North Idaho Wednesday to share lake operation plans and their tentative predictions for what winter will …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Lake Pend Oreille peaked at 2,064.2 feet on Wednesday, May 30, and then quickly dropped below summer operating level (between 2,062 and 2,062.5 feet) as …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Northwest River Forecast Center’s latest prediction has Lake Pend Oreille capping out at just over 2,065 feet at the Hope gauge next Thursday, May …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Levels on the Pend Oreille River and Lake Pend Oreille are now predicted to meet or exceed 2011 levels, according to a Wednesday announcement from …
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