Rivers drop, algae spreads as drought deepens After a warm, dry spring and early summer that hammered the winter snowpack, Montana’s rivers are already showing signs of stress with two months of summer to go.

Blackfoot River, W.C.MT: “As of Wed., the gage near Bonner was measuring a streamflow of 839 cubic feet per second, well below the median flow of 2,420 cfs for July 2nd.”

🏞️💧71 degrees F., 8 degrees warmer than the median. #BlackfootChallenge #MTClimate #MTRivers missoulacurrent.com/rivers-droug...