PIERRE, (KCCR) — The U-S Army Corps of Engineers held a special update on conditions of the Missouri River. Runoff into the river remains above average after starting the year below average. Ryan Larson is with the Corps’ Missouri River Water Management Division…
The basin has seen six months of above normal runoff although runoff from mountains in the northern basin has been less due to expanding drought. Mike Swenson with the Corps says the Big Three reservoirs are all hovering near the base of their flood control zones…
The focus of the ad hoc conference call was to discuss the September 1st system storage check and Fort Peck flow testing which hasn’t been done in the last few years due to low reservoir levels…
The test flows are used to determine possible spawning conditions for the pallid sturgeon. The test flow releases shouldn’t have an impact on the Oahe reservoir.
