Under terms of a compromise agreement reached Monday in U.S. District
Court the water level in Idaho’s Lake Pend Oreille will drop, but not as
low as originally planned.
The Corps of Engineers, which operates the lake’s Albeni Falls Dam outlet,
announced that it restarted drawdown of the lake Tuesday. The federal agency
intends to hold the lake level at an elevation of 2,053 feed above sea
level for the winter.
The Corps began drawdown of the lake earlier this fall with the …
