Army Corps of Engineers predicts challenging water year for Rogue Basin

(OPB) Water levels at Lost Creek and Applegate lakes are already far below their average, part of a broader pattern as Oregon heads into what could be a very dry summer.

Kevin McAllister, a civil engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers, said officials are preparing for a difficult year.

“The last poor water year that we had was in 2021,” McAllister said. “We are already below where we were at that year.”

Snowpack has…