POWELL (AP) - One week after the Bureau of Reclamation announced a "compromise" plan that would maintain minimum flows from Bighorn Lake while also allowing the lake's water level to rise, governors of both Wyoming and Montana say the plan leaves them dry.

Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal said flows from the lake should be reduced; Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer said the plan won't put enough water into the Big Horn River.

What's more, both sides say they've already given up enough - and that it's the other state's turn to make a sacrifice.

On Oct. 26, the Bureau of Reclamation announced it would keep flows from the reservoir at 1,500 cubic feet per second, and not reduce flows to the levels Wyoming-based Friends of Bighorn Lake had requested. But, the bureau said, it planned to keep the flow at that level longer than usual in the spring, allowing the lake level to rise to at least 3,615 feet, the lowest level at which boat ramps at Horseshoe Bend are useable.

Officials in Montana, including Democratic U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, have complained that trout fisheries could be harmed if there's not enough water in the Big Horn River.

"In the spirit of compromise, we have acquiesced to this emergency low flow for short periods in the past," Schweitzer said. "However, given the unwillingness of our neighbors to the south to compromise in a reciprocal manner, we are no longer willing to accept this level of impact for what amounts to very little benefit for the reservoir."

Officials in Wyoming, including Republican U.S. Rep. Barbara Cubin, have expressed concern that a low water level in the reservoir hurts tourism, which was one of the justifications for creating the reservoir.

"I appreciate (Schweitzer's) concern, but I simply don't agree with him," Freudenthal said. "We don't think (the Bureau of Reclamation is) honoring the original understanding between the bureau and the states of Wyoming and Montana.

"We think actual releases should be less than what they are actually doing. They may be able to raise the outflow, but only if they have achieved the desired elevation of the reservoir. Over the years, they've been accommodating Montana at the expense of Wyoming in terms of the outflow."

Freudenthal did say the compromise would make it easier to sustain boating on the reservoir.