Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region

Flathead Basin Public Meeting

Managing hydrologic conditions in the Flathead basin can present complex challenges, depending on the available snowpack each water year. To aid in understanding the way the Flathead basin system is operated, Energy Keepers Inc., Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and NOAA Weather Service hosted a virtual informational meeting on March 14, 2024, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. MST.

Representatives provided overviews of Hungry Horse and Seli’š Ksanka Qlispe’dams, basin conditions and reservoir operations for water years 2022 and 2023, and the current water supply outlook and snowpack conditions.

Presentations from the meeting can be found at the links below. Links are in the order in which presentations were made. Additionally, the bottom link is the recorded meeting.

Presentations

03/2024	Overview of Hungry Horse Dam Operations PDF 4.02 MB
03/2024	Se̓liš Ksanka Ql̓ispe Dam History PDF 5.50 MB
03/2024	Columbia Basin Water Management PDF 969 KB
03/2024	Northwest Montana Weather and Streamflow Conditions for WY22 and WY23 PDF 2.94 MB
03/2024	WY2022 & 2023 Hungry Horse Dam Operations PDF 4.47 MB
03/2024	EKI’s Stewardship of Flathead Lake and the Lower Flathead River 2024 PDF 2.37 MB

Recorded Presentations

03/2024

Flathead Basin Conditions Presentations HTML

Related Websites

US Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District Website

Energy Keepers Inc. Website

NOAA - NWS Forecast Office Missoula, MT