Zinke introduces legislation to regulate Flathead Lake water levels
Anglers bring their fishing boats ashore along the Flathead River at the Old Steel Bridge Fishing Access in Evergreen on Thursday, July 27. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke on Tuesday introduced legislation in Congress aimed at ensuring Flathead Lake avoids another year of abnormally low water levels.
The Fill the Lake Act would require the Department of the Interior to ensure full pool levels of Flathead Lake for most of the summer season.
“It’s a made in Montana solution,” Zinke said Nov. 14.
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