By Jennifer Ekstrom Reader Contributor When I started working to protect water quality in Lake Pend Oreille in 2009, our community was highly concerned about chemical herbicides being sprayed in the water in attempts...
By Steve Holt Reader Contributor As you may know, the Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper, its staff, board of directors, along with a dedicated crew of citizen scientist volunteers have all worked diligently for more...
By Steve Holt and Dan Haley Reader Contributors Stormwater is one of the most significant threats to water quality across the globe. Simply put, stormwater is just what it sounds like: water created by...
By Steve Holt Reader Contributor As I’ve mentioned in previous articles, the Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper is not against development or growth per se; however, if you are going to construct a project —...
By Carolyn Knaack Reader Contributor Forty-three miles long, 144 miles of shoreline, 92,000 acres, depths of more than 1,150 feet with 23 different species of fish and only one Waterkeeper. Lake Pend Oreille is...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Since the Bonner County Planning Department solicited comments on the county’s shoreline code in November 2020, the issue had seemingly disappeared from the larger local planning landscape — that...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The vault toilet located on the Springy Point peninsula will soon be decommissioned, after the contents of the facility were found during routine spring maintenance to have solidified. U.S....
By Travis Dickson Reader Contributor Hello Sandpoint! My name is Travis Dickson and I am proud to be the new associate director with Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper. Right now you may be asking yourself,...
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Ask anyone who lives in North Idaho what the most important environmental asset is and nine out of 10 will likely say Lake Pend Oreille. Watching out for our...
By Chantilly Higbee Reader Columnist In early July, our team was getting ready to patrol Lake Pend Oreille from our pontoon boat. As I started the motor, I knew right away something was wrong....
