PIERRE — The U-S Army Corps of Engineers held a special virtual public meeting Thursday to make up for in-person public meetings canceled by severe winter weather on April 4th. Reservoir Regulation Team Lead Ryan Larsen is with the Corps of Engineers in Omaha…
Larsen says a rapid warm-up in early April will speed up runoff forecasts through the year…
Mike Swenson with the Corps’ Missouri River Water Management Division says the Oahe Reservoir will remain below base of the flood control zone this year, but should cut it’s current deficit in half…
Despite the Missouri River main stem reservoir system filing up some, it remains seven-point-four million acre feet below the base of the systems overall flood control zone.
