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By TRISTAN SCOTT
Flathead Beacon
POLEBRIDGE, Mont. â It s not quite 9 a.m. and North Fork District Ranger Jim Dahlstrom has heard the names Bowman and Kintla lakes mispronounced so many times he s stopped correcting people, turning his attention instead to the more pressing business of parsing visitors â sizing them up and winnowing the self-reliant from the totally helpless.
On the index of neophyte national park day-tripper, a garbled place-name pronunciation is a strong indication of greenhorn status, but, from a public safety standpoint, it s far from the most serious red flag that Dahlstrom will encounter today. Is this road going to be rough because I ve never changed a flat tire? inquires one newly minted North Fork sightseer wondering whether to pilot her rented KIA deeper into Glacier National Park s wild interior, and to whom Dahlstrom is exceedingly helpful and polite but nevertheless ranks in the back half of the helpless category, knowi
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State Preparing for Irrigation Shortfall south of Bellevue
BELLEVUE, Idaho (KLIX)-Idaho water authorities are planning on water shortages in the Silver Creek and Camas Creek Basin in the southern part of the Wood River Valley this summer.
According to the Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR), the director will begin proceedings May 24, on the expected curtailment of irrigation water to junior water rights users in the valley area south of Bellevue. Extreme drought and below normal stream flow in the area is expected to created water shortages in the area.
The IDWR said the shortfall in water could impact senior water rights users resulting in the curtailment of junior water rights holders. The curtailments would not impact domestic or livestock water usage.