Chesrown land could become wetlands

A 1,000-acre former horse ranch along the Coeur d’Alene River, once owned by real estate developer Marshall Chesrown, could be headed for the birds. Black Lake Ranch is known for its miles of white vinyl pasture fencing, visible to cyclists along the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game sees the potential for turning the ranch’s low-lying fields into valuable wetlands, creating feeding areas for the thousands of tundra swans that migrate through the area each spring, as well as habitat for herons and other resident waterfowl. The wetlands restoration also would improve water quality in Black Lake, one of the chain lakes along the Coeur d’Alene River/ Becky Kramer , SR. More here.