April 8, 2026
Low water level expected in Sakakawea
With the warm weather a few weeks ago, I bet there were anglers feeling the itch.
But the look of local boat lifts may put a bit of a damper.
The US Army Corps of Engineers says it will be about 80 percent of normal runoff entering the Missouri River.
"It's been real dry, a very dry winter, that anybody in North Dakota can attest," said the Corps' Missouri River Water Management Director John Remus. "We don't have a real strong snowpack, either, so we're not looking at very much runoff."
As for the effect on the upper Missouri mainstem reservoirs, including Lake Sakakawea and Lake Oahe’s lake levels will be lower.