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• Effort aims to restore once-abundant burbot in Kootenai River

  January 30, 2011 in Idaho on Page A1 Snow was blowing sideways when Corie Laude hauled a hoop net from the choppy waters of the Kootenai River. Her catch lurked in the bottom of the net, green and …

• Spill didn’t help sturgeon

  July 26, 2010 in City on Page A6 KALISPELL, Mont. – Efforts to help endangered wild Kootenai River white sturgeon reproduce by spilling water over Montana’s Libby Dam in June haven’t been as successful as hoped due to …

• Feds scramble to save Kootenai River sturgeon

  December 17, 2009 in Region As efforts falter to save North America’s largest freshwater fish — a toothless beast leftover from the days of dinosaurs — officials hope to stave off extinction by sending more …

• Tribe restoring sturgeon habitat

  August 2, 2009 in Idaho on Page B1 BONNERS FERRY – Four-inch long sturgeon frolicked in a hatchery tank – comically flipping onto their backs to feed, then wriggling right side up. Barely a year old, they looked …