For others, winter offers a unique opportunity to try their hand at landing the native and once rare burbot in the Kootenai River. Referred to by some as the Kootenai leopard or ling cod ...

THREATS: The operation of Libby Dam has altered the sturgeon's Kootenai River habitat by reducing spring peak flows by more than 50 percent and increasing winter flows by nearly 300 percent, removing ...

A WINTER STORM WARNING is in effect until 11 PM Saturday for Kootenai/Cabinet Region ... 7 AM Sunday for the Lower Hells Canyon/Salmon River Region. Mixed precipitation expected.

But the longevity of the sturgeon in the Kootenai River is waning: It hasn't reproduced in real numbers ... The dam has reduced spring peak flows by more than 50 percent and increased winter flows by ...