[h=1]Runoff plunges again[/h][h=3]Mountain snowpack quite low. Don't look for any rise in Lake Sakakawea this spring and summer. The massive reservoir with more shoreline than California is projected to come up maybe six inches from what it is now. Even that slight amount is subject to revision in the weeks ahead in what has become one of the driest winters on record throughout the Yellowstone and Missouri River regions.[/h]