DOVER — Momentum is gathering behind efforts to countervail downstream interests’ covetous eyes on Lake Pend Oreille’s water.

Chum salmon managers in the Columbia River basin claim they need it for fishery recovery, while Bonneville Power Administration wants it for power generation. The Kalispel Tribe of Indians, meanwhile, is looking into whether releases in late summer or early fall will cool temperatures below Albeni Falls and improve bull trout habitat.

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