A decision to hold Idaho’s Lake Pend Oreille at the traditional wintertime
level in 1999-2000 is being revisited after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service expressed concern about potential impacts on bull trout listed
under the Endangered Species Act.
The Corps of Engineers, which operates the lake’s outlet at Albeni Falls
Dam, has for the past three years only allowed the wintertime level to
drop to 2,055 feet above sea level — four feet higher than normal. The
Corps maintained the …
