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• Sandpoint to fight milfoil by hand

  May 20, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 SANDPOINT – City officials in Sandpoint are declining an offer from the Idaho Department of Agriculture to apply herbicide in Lake Pend Oreille near city beaches to eradicate Eurasian milfoil. …

• Dive team will investigate Asian clam infestation

  April 14, 2012 in City on Page B1 Divers will descend Monday into Lake Pend Oreille to take a closer look at a recently discovered invasion of Asian clams. The aggressive, nonnative species spreads quickly in lakes, rivers …

• Field reports: Trout expert speaks about Pend Oreille

  February 19, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C11 FISHING – The Lake Pend Oreille Fishery Recovery Task Force and Idaho Fish and Game Department will update the status of trout and kokanee in Lake Pend Oreille at the …

• Idaho forest land exchange boosts big game

  January 8, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 Hunters, hikers and wildlife should benefit from the Idaho Panhandle National Forests’ recent acquisition of Cabinet Mountains land just northeast of Lake Pend Oreille. And people who prefer a forest …

• Eagle count at lake swells

  December 17, 2011 in Outdoors, City on Page B1 Bald eagles are mobbing Lake Coeur d’Alene in record numbers this week. The annual eagle congregation to feast on spawning kokanee in Wolf Lodge Bay swelled to 259 on Friday, …

• Plan allows more lake fluctuation

  November 5, 2011 in Idaho on Page A7 Lake Pend Oreille’s water levels will fluctuate by as much as 5 feet this winter, allowing federal agencies more flexibility in managing electricity generation throughout the Columbia River hydropower system. …

• MacDonald ushers Hudson Bay Resort to 60th anniversary

  August 14, 2011 in Business, Idaho on Page E1 Gary MacDonald was born in 1951, the same year his family purchased a small fishing resort at the south end of Lake Pend Oreille. The past six decades have seen … 1

• Franti, fireworks set to wrap up Festival at Sandpoint

  August 11, 2011 in Features on Page C1 Little-known fact about the Festival at Sandpoint: Some people bob around in boats on Lake Pend Oreille and enjoy the concerts for free. Actually, the boat will be the only …

• Almost mile of Lake Pend Oreille shore may go for public use

  July 27, 2011 in Idaho on Page A1 Just a short stroll from downtown Sandpoint, a dirt trail follows Lake Pend Oreille’s shoreline past groves of leafy cottonwoods that block out the sights and sounds of the bustling … 4

• Recent rains worsen region’s flooding

  May 27, 2011 in City on Page A12 An inch and a half of rain and up to seven inches of snow fell over the past couple of days in some parts of the Inland Northwest, exacerbating current …

• Aquifer recharge possible, but costly

  May 6, 2011 in Idaho on Page A7 Water from Lake Pend Oreille could be used to recharge the region’s drinking water supply, but it’s a costly option, a new study concludes. The study looked at capturing spring …

• Lake Pend Oreille’s winter level to rise, fall mildly

  November 23, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 Lake Pend Oreille’s water level will fluctuate by only a foot this winter, while federal agencies analyze a controversial plan to raise and lower the lake as much as five …

• Signs found of invasive mussel in Flathead Lake

  November 18, 2010 in City on Page A6 Signs of invasive exotic mussels have been found in Flathead Lake. Although verification testing is still under way, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department officials say they are taking seriously …

• Hayden’s Turney hooks winner on windy, rainy Oktoberfish derby day

  October 10, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I6 In yet another futile attempt to prove that people are smarter than fish, 116 Oktoberfish contestants took to the water on Oct. 2. The day was beautiful with temperatures near …

• Pend d’Oreille Bay Trail plan to be unveiled

  September 19, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I7 It has been more than a year since proponents of the Pend d’Oreille Bay Trail began organizing workshops, holding meetings and seeking public input, and now they are ready to …

• Stay and Play: Get sidetracked to Sandpoint

  August 19, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page N1 If there’s one problem with Sandpoint, it’s that there is too much to do. Between Schweitzer Mountain and City Beach, the Festival at Sandpoint and the Panida Theater, there is …

• Two fish records set on one day

  August 17, 2010 in Sports, Outdoors on Page B2 Serious North Idaho anglers may want to study the alignment of the stars and the weather patterns for the morning of Aug. 6 to see if it’s more than a …

• Boat crash on Lake Pend Oreille kills one, injures three

  August 16, 2010 in Idaho on Page A8 A powerboat operating on Lake Pend Oreille slammed into a rock embankment, killing one and injuring three, the Bonner County Sheriff’s Department said.

• Boating accident victims identified

  July 6, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A5 The couple killed in a late night boating accident Saturday near Sandpoint have been identified as Darby Campbell, 30, and his wife Amber Campbell, 34, both of Sandpoint.

• Wallowa kokanee no shrimp

  June 17, 2010 in Outdoors on Page B1 North Idaho anglers have to be scratching their heads over the unofficial world-record 9.67-pound kokanee caught in northeastern Oregon’s Wallowa Lake on Sunday. This fish, the latest in a series … 2

• Schweitzer to manage cabins

  May 26, 2010 in Idaho on Page A9 Schweitzer Mountain Resort will take over management of the six Bottle Bay Resort cabins on Lake Pend Oreille this summer, a news release from the Sandpoint ski area said.

• Lake Pend Oreille levels to increase

  April 1, 2010 in Outdoors, Idaho on Page A6 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin refilling Lake Pend Oreille to summer levels beginning today.

• Egan’s ‘Big Burn’ selected for 2010’s Spokane Is Reading

  March 21, 2010 in Features on Page D7 Timothy Egan’s latest book, “The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America,” has been chosen as the Spokane Is Reading book for 2010. It’s the true story …

• Unwanted trout

    February 12, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A1 HOPE, Idaho – Working shoulder-to-shoulder aboard a commercial gillnetter, Paul Saunders and his crew plucked fish from a 900-foot net, deftly untangling snared gills and thrashing tails from the mesh. … 2

• BPA postpones plan

  January 16, 2010 in Idaho on Page B3 The Bonneville Power Administration has temporarily shelved its request to raise and lower Lake Pend Oreille by up to 5 feet this winter, with agency officials saying they will study …

• Lake could fluctuate by 5 feet

  December 8, 2009 in Idaho on Page A6 Lake Pend Oreille’s water levels could fluctuate by up to 5 feet this winter. The change would allow Albeni Falls Dam to produce more electricity, but it also is likely …

• Lake Pend Oreille winter levels could fluctuate

  December 7, 2009 in Idaho Lake Pend Oreille’s water levels could fluctuate by up to five feet this winter. The change would allow Albeni Falls Dam to produce more electricity, but it also is likely …

• Chemicals may do more harm than good in waterways

  September 13, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I2 The decision to put chemical pesticides into our waterways should be considered very carefully. Pesticides such as 2,4-D, which was applied last month in Lake Pend Oreille and the Pend …

• Chemicals dispute plagues milfoil battle

  August 23, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 August in Sandpoint. There are few settings more ideal for a summer vacation. The weather is warm and the lake temperature is just right for swimming, skiing, wakeboarding and tubing. …

• Diesel spills in Lake Pend Oreille

  August 13, 2009 in Idaho HOPE, Idaho — A 32-foot tugboat dropped from a crane spilled about 80 gallons of diesel fuel into Lake Pend Oreille.

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