PIERRE, (KCCR) — The U-S Army Corps of Engineers gave it’s first update on runoff into the Missouri River basin Thursday. Hydrologist Mike Swenson with the Corps in Omaha says whiled 2023 end slightly above normal, runoff this year is expected to be below normal…
Swenson says current outlooks are driving the below average estimates for runoff…
Swenson says the Corps will spend the next two months working to equalize reservoir levels at Fort Peck, Garrison and Oahe…
Swenson says the big three reservoirs will start the 2024 runoff season three to four feet below the base of their respective flood control zones.
