Water for downstream salmon is being released from Hungry Horse dam
in Montana, but the Army Corps of Engineers has yet to implement a salmon
discharge plan for Lake Koocanusa and Libby dam.
At Hungry Horse, the drawdown is expected to lower the reservoir about
20 feet by Aug. 25.
As Hungry Horse Reservoir drops, the state of Montana continues to pursue
lawsuits aimed at stopping river and reservoir fluctuations that state
officials consider to be drastic.
For the sake of trout and