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While western Montana has largely been spared the wildfires breaking out in Canada and in the Pacific Northwest, a heat wave over the next week could change that in a

Days after federal managers rejected a plan to release more water from the Hungry Horse Dam, Flathead Lake was almost two feet below full pool.

Earlier this month, dock owners and marina managers began to frantically remove boats from the lake before they got stuck in the mud below.

Days after federal managers rejected a plan to release more water from the Hungry Horse Dam, Flathead Lake was almost two feet below full pool.

Drought and a quick-melting snowpack have put Flathead Lake at record-low levels, and anglers are under the first fishing restrictions of the season on portions of the Sun and Madison rivers due to warm water temperatures and low flows.

Global temperatures reached their warmest in decades, if not longer, last week before the state experienced its hottest weekend forecast so far this year.

Days after federal managers rejected a plan to release more water from the Hungry Horse Dam, Flathead Lake was almost two feet below full pool.

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Global temperatures reached their warmest in decades, if not longer, last week as the state heads into its hottest weekend so far this year, possibly pushing up to 100 degrees

Dam operators are predicting this year is the beginning of a pattern of ever-decreasing water levels in the Flathead River Basin.