Nestled beside the Selkirk Mountains of northern Idaho, this 2,774 acre refuge provides diverse habitats for a large variety of wildlife.
Hunting season has begun! Blind locations with GPS at bottom of hunting page.
Hunting Information
Learn about some of the birds that make Kootenai NWR their home!
Learn More
Find out the best time of day to see a moose and other mammals that roam the refuge!
Mammals
Be advised, the Auto Tour Road will be closed to ALL visitors during July & August 2019 to replace the Myrtle Creek Pump (no vehicles, no bikes, no pedestrians...NO ONE). This is for everyone's safety. We'll know more on specific dates as the summer approaches.
The "Blue Goose" has been adopted as the symbol of the National Wildlife Refuge System since 1936.
Story trail on Myrtle Falls trail. Funded by WREN, The Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation, Inc., USFWS, and Bonners Books. Share a nature story with your children as you hike up to the waterfall. Story will change throughout the year.
Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge is managed as part of the Inland Northwest NWR Complex.
The National Wildlife Refuge System, within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, manages a national network of lands and waters set aside to conserve America's fish, wildlife, and plants.
The striking cinnamon colored head and light-blue wing patch make this dabbling duck a delight to see!
