Kootenai River Ecosystem
Boundary County, Idaho

• PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

  
  The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho and Idaho Fish and Game propose to initiate a controlled nutrient restoration effort in the mainstream Kootenai River near the Montana-Idaho border. The project proposes to add liquid nitrogen and phosphorus to the river beginning in the summer of 2005.
  
  

• CURRENT STATUS:

  
  A Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) is available.
  
  

• PUBLIC MEETINGS:

  
  There was a Public Scoping Meeting Open House held on: Monday, December 13, 2004 4:00-8:00 p.m., Boundary County Extension Office, Conference Room 644, Kootenai Street, Bonners Ferry, ID.
  
  

• COMMENTS:

  
  Comments on the Preliminary Environmental Assessment were accepted until May 5, 2005.
  
  

• CONTACT:

  
  For further information on this project, please contact Colleen Spiering, BPA Environmental Lead.
  
  

• DOCUMENTS:

  
  Final Environmental Assessment (EA) (3.3MB pdf) (June 2005)
  Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) (42Kb pdf) (06/15/05)
  Final EA & FONSI Public Letter (28kb pdf) (06/15/05)  
  Preliminary EA Public Letter (30Kb pdf) (04/18/05)
  Preliminary Environmental Assessment (1.2Mb pdf) (04/18/05)
  Agency Scoping Letter (44Kb pdf) (11/22/04)
  Questions and Answers Fact Sheet (26Kb pdf) (November 2004)