Fill ’er up
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff The sun is shining, birds are chirping and the muddy shoreline of Lake Pend Oreille will soon start slowly disappearing beneath the waves. Lake Pend Oreille is on the...
Tagged: u.s. army corps of engineers
Boaters beware bend way weirs in CF Delta
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is warning boaters on Lake Pend Oreille to be aware of new bendway weirs in the Clark Fork Delta. Bendway weirs are similar...
Columbia River System Operations alternatives released
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation and Bonneville Power Administration released several alternatives being considered for the Columbia River System Operations Update — a multi-year project...
Lake level timeline announced
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Lake Pend Oreille will remain at summer pool through Sept. 18, after which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will start a gradual drawdown until reaching winter lake elevation...
Lake to reach summer pool next week
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Lake Pend Oreille is projected to reach summer pool next week, according to data from the Northwest River Forecast Center. Summer pool — or the level at which the...
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 the lake at summer...
Flood and fire outlook for 2019
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. Upper Columbia Senior Water...
Army Corps shares upcoming lake operations
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 hold. Upper Columbia Senior...
Boaters: It’s a big year for debris
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Bonner County Sheriff’s Deputy Rob Danno can describe this year’s waterway debris situation in a single word: “Problematic.” “There’s an unusual amount of debris in the water right now,”...
Lake level drops, stability to come
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 of Tuesday evening. Wednesday...
