Snowpack statewide is 45% of the median peak snowpack that is expected around April 1. As a rule of thumb, on Jan. 1 IDWR ...

Northwest Montana is a prime example, as the Kootenai Basin is performing at 33% above ... Last summer, recreation on the Blackfoot River had to be limited due to low snowpack.

Progress was made on several projects in both Shoshone and Kootenai Counties, as crews continued to undo the damage done by ...

DESCRIPTION: Sturgeon have cartilaginous skeletons and a tube-like mouth. In the Kootenai River, they can grow to be larger than 200 pounds. They are gray in color. HABITAT: Kootenai River white ...

But the longevity of the sturgeon in the Kootenai River is waning: It hasn't reproduced in real numbers in at least 30 years due to habitat change caused by Libby Dam, which shut its gates in 1975.