Clark Fork Delta restoration project
The $6 million Clark Fork Delta restoration project, near Clark Fork, Id., started last fall, It targeted 680 threatened acres of the delta. Heavy equipment was used to rebuild shorelines and raise the height of partially submerged areas. The intent is to preserve what remains of the delta and start to recover some ground. Katherine Cousins, Idaho Department of Fish and Game biologist, and her team planted 90,000 plants. When it didn't rain in May, she worried they would die, but the lake come up in time.
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Katherine Cousins, Idaho Department of Fish and Game biologist, walks through the $6 million Clark Fork Delta restoration project, Aug, 25, 2015 near Clark Fork, Id.
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Heavy equipment was used to rebuild shorelines and raise the height of partially submerged areas of the Clark Fork Delta. The intent is to preserve what remains of the delta and start to recover some ground.
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The rebuilt shoreline on the Lake Pend Oreille side is stabilized with plant growth.
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A juvenile bald eagle finds a perch near its nest on the Clark Fork Delta restoration project. Eagles, kingfishers, osprey and geese are among the many birds nesting on the delta project.
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Birds of prey leave behind a fish spine after feeding in the Clark Fork Delta restoration project.
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Katherine Cousins, Idaho Department of Fish and Game biologist, boats through the $6 million Clark Fork Delta restoration project, Aug, 25, 2015 near Clark Fork, Id.
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