Zinke reintroduces efforts to regulate summer water levels on Flathead Lake
Boaters recreate at Somers Bay on Flathead Lake on Friday, June 30. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Republican Congressman Ryan Zinke has again introduced legislation that would require the Interior Department to maintain water levels in Flathead Lake during the warmer months.
The Fill the Lake Act would keep the water level between 2,892 and 2,893 between June 15 and Sept. 15. He first filed the legislation during the previous session of congress.
“The problem is there are too many agencies with conflicting regulations, which makes proper regulation of the lake impossible,” said Zinke in email correspondence with the Daily Inter Lake. “The Department of the Interior, the tribes, state agencies and non-government agencies all have a hand on the wheel, but no one is steering the ship.”
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