Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge

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Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge Floodplain Reconnection Project

Project Description

Project sponsors are proposing to restore floodplain connectivity to the Kootenai River historic floodplain within the Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge by breaching levees, raising refuge and county roads, replacing water control structures, and enhancing 830 acres of riparian and wetland habitats.

Project Location

Kootenai NWR is 5 miles east of Bonners Ferry,...

Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge Floodplain Reconnection Project

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