POLSON — MTN previously reported that Flathead Lake levels this year were supposed to be lower than average.

But shortly after our initial report, Energy Keepers Inc. (EKI) announced that the levels would be staying right around average, leading businesses in the Flathead Lake area to have an average tourism year.

“It's around the same as last year. Last year might've been a little bit busier, just around the 4th of July,” said Marshall Kok, a dock worker for Flathead Boat Company.

EKI officials originally announced in June that the lake levels could be two feet lower than average in July and three feet lower by August. At that time, it was due to a lack of water.

“Twenty-five or so percent reduction in water we have coming into Flathead Lake,” Brian Lipscomb, CEO of EKI, told MTN in J

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