Judge removes order affecting Lake Sakakawea

8 July 2003


North Dakota is asking for a preliminary injunction against USACE, requiring it to maintain 986.8Mm3 in Lake Sakakawea to support the fishery.

The restraining order, approved by a state judge on 29 April 2003, required USACE to release no more than an average daily amount of 493.8m3 of water per second through the dam in May 2003.




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