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North Idaho’s Priest River: A River in Need

By T.J. Ross, Regional Communications Manager IDFG Warm summertime water temperatures are the plight of fish in the Priest River Not all...

The Heat is On

By T.J. Ross, Regional Communications Manager IDFG When the summer heat settles in, trout and other cold water fish know what to do....

Sullivan Dam Cold Water Release System

- McMillen Jacobs As part of their relicensing of the 90 MW Box Canyon Hydroelectric Project, Pend Oreille PUD is taking specific...

Cold water bypass on IDFG radar

- ANNISA KEITH PRIEST RIVER — A project aiming to lower the water temperature of Priest River by at least 4 degrees is set to be...

PRIEST RIVER: NORTH IDAHO'S NEXT PREMIER TROUT FISHERY?

- KYLE MAKI The current concept would involve a hypolimnetic gravity withdrawal system, essentially a really long pipe that extends into...

Priest River Fish Kill

By JAMES LEA, SCA board member "The challenge will be to provide more and colder water to the downstream river to help satisfy the...

Heat wave kills fish on Priest River, highlighting the need for a cold-water bypass

By Eli Francovich “We can expect higher summer temperatures, less snowpack, less rainfall, more droughts and more forest fires. There...

Can we bring cold water life back into the Priest River?

- Reese Hodges "Diminished Priest River flows during the late summer and early fall, due to management practices and seasonal variability,...