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	Pend Oreille River Drainage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Major tributaries of the Pend Oreille River include the Clark Fork, Flathead, Bitterroot, Blackfoot, and St. Regis rivers in Montana and the Priest and Pack rivers and Lightning Creek in Idaho.
		Pend Oreille Lake is the largest natural lake in Idaho covering 85,960 surface acres with a shoreline length of 111 miles.
		The combined surface area of Pend Oreille Lake and the backwaters of Albeni Falls Dam, located on the Pend Oreille River 23 miles downstream of the lake, is 94,720 acres.
	imnh.isu.edu /digitalatlas/geog/fishery/drainage/drain2.htm (414 words)

	Clark Fork - Pend Oreille Watershed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Facts about the lake: Pend Oreille Lake is the largest natural lake in Idaho,being 82,088 acres in surface area (or 128 square miles) and 112 miles of shoreline.
		As a result of citizen concerns about increased aquatic weeds and algae in the Clark Fork River and Pend Oreille Lake, language was added to the 1987 Clean Water Act that directed the EPA to study the sources of pollution in the watershed.
		A comprehensive 3-year study led to the development of the Clark Fork- Pend Oreille Management Plan, which was finalized in early 1993 and designed to protect and restore water quality in the watershed from nutrient pollution.The Tri-State Water Quality Council is responsible for implementing numerous specific actions to achieve these objectives.
	www.tristatecouncil.org /pages/watershed.html (1321 words)

	Wildlife Management Areas - Pend Oreille
		The Pend Oreille WMA is located in Bonner County and consists of three separate parcels of land adjacent to Lake Pend Oreille and ten separate parcels along the Pend Oreille River.
		The property is scattered from the mouth of the Clark Fork River west to the city of Priest River, a distance of 40 straight-line miles.
		Individual parcels adjacent to Lake Pend Oreille are located at the Clark Fork River delta, the Pack River delta and Oden Bay.
	fishandgame.idaho.gov /cms/wildlife/wma/pendoreille/info.cfm (222 words)

	Fish and wildlife success stories - Pend Oreille River
		It took time, but a floodplain on the Pend Oreille river in Northeastern Washington has been restored for the benefit of wildlife that were affected by the construction of Albeni Falls Dam, a federal facility that regulates the level of Idaho’s Lake Pend Oreille upstream.
		Eleven years ago, the 600 riverfront acres known today as the Pend Oreille Wetlands Wildlife Mitigation project comprised a pair of riverfront ranch properties sequestered behind a dike along the east bank of the river.
		The Pend Oreille river and lake area of northern Idaho and northeastern Washington are within the traditional homeland of the Kalispel Tribe.
	www.nwcouncil.org /fw/stories/pendoreille.htm (470 words)

	Pend Oreille River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pend Oreille River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 130 mi (209 km) long, in northern Idaho and northeastern Washington in the United States, as well as southeastern British Columbia in Canada.
		The river rises out of Lake Pend Oreille in Bonner County, Idaho in the Idaho Panhandle, draining the lake from its western end near Sandpoint (The Clark Fork River enters the lake from is eastern end).
		It flows west, receiving the Priest River from the north at the town of Priest River, then flows into southern Pend Oreille county in northeastern Washington at Newport.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pend_Oreille_River (305 words)

	Pend Oreille County, WA News
		The Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office is searching for a Spokane man who went hunting south of Sullivan Lake on Saturday and hasn't been seen since.
		Fumes from a chemical spill at the Pend Oreille County dump in Newport prompted officials to evacuate homes within a half-mile of the facility and urge residents within a mile to close all windows and doors...
		An autopsy was planned Thursday on a 70-year-old Pend Oreille County homicide victim whose wife and another man have been arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder.
	www.topix.net /county/pend-oreille-wa (632 words)

	Priestriver.org, your information source for Priest River, Idaho
		Priest River is located at the confluence of the Priest and Pend Oreille Rivers.
		Priest River’s location at the juncture of the Pend Oreille and Priest rivers in the heart of the Selkirks lends itself to an abundance of outdoor recreation opportunities.
		The Mudhole, which is at the town’s east entrance where the Priest River enters the Pend Oreille, also has an RV and tent campground, boat launch and fishing area.
	www.priestriver.org /outdoor.html (547 words)

	Cusick and Usk in Pend Oreille County Washington
		The Towns of Cusick and Usk are located in the Calispel Valley, twenty miles north of Newport along the south bank of the Pend Oreille River on State Highway 20.
		Their reservation is located on the east bank of the river, where a herd of buffalo provides meat for the elders of the tribe plus some for a profit making enterprise.
		Rail: The Pend Oreille Valley Railroad interchanges with the Burlington Northern Railroad at Newport.
	www.co.pend-oreille.wa.us /cusick.html (652 words)

	Clark Fork River Programs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Pend Oreille Lake, with a maximum depth of 1200 feet, is the fifth largest natural freshwater lake in the United States.
		The 100,000-acre, 40-mile long Pack River is the second largest tributary to Lake Pend Oreille, but contributes the highest per-acre loading of nitrogen and phosphorous to the lake.
		Besides nutrient pollution, the Pack River suffers from high water temperatures, low levels of dissolved oxygen, and excess amounts of fine sediment which are negatively affecting drinking water, agricultural water, and heavy recreational uses of the river, as well as endangered Bull Trout.
	www.tristatecouncil.org /pages/lpo.html (752 words)

	HistoryLink Essay:Pend Oreille County -- Thumbnail History
		Pend Oreille County, in the extreme northeast corner of Washington, was the last county created in the state.
		The state legislature created the Pend Oreille State Highway from Spokane to Newport in 1917, and in 1929, a state highway was completed from Newport along the Pend Oreille River to the Canadian border. During Prohibition, it provided a convenient bootlegging route from Canada.
		The Pend Oreille River is now partly tamed, its lakelike shores south of Box Canyon Dam lined with upscale vacation homes, while its northern reaches are still wild enough for the most adventurous. Obviously the goal for Pend Oreille County is to improve its economy while conserving its scenic and recreational attractions.
	www.historylink.org /essays/printer_friendly/index.cfm?file_id=7618 (1405 words)

	Lake Pend Oreille - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lake Pend Oreille is a lake in northern Idaho, with an area of 148 square miles.
		Fed by Clark Fork River and drained by the Pend Oreille River.
		Lake Pend Oreille was glacially formed during the ice age.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lake_Pend_Oreille (359 words)

	Spirit of the Northwest: Pend OReille County, Washington
		Pend Oreille County, population 11,200, has experienced vast changes in economic, environmental and social climate since the early 1990s.
		The Pend Oreille County Spirit Team, enjoined and led by Martha Nichols, a long-time Newport arts and community activist, included a consistent band of 10-plus dedicated volunteers who worked tirelessly over three years on Spirit projects in partnership with many other county organizations.
		The Pend Oreille project purpose and focus ("unify Pend Oreille County through the arts") became clear in the Portland airport as the project team returned to Spokane after the Spirit retreat at the Flying M Ranch.
	www.communityarts.net /readingroom/archive/spirit/pendoreille.php (1172 words)

	Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge
		Three Refuge lakes are open for fishing, as well as the Little Pend Oreille River, its tributaries, and scattered beaver ponds.
		The Little Pend Oreille River from the Refuge boundary, about one mile downstream from the Refuge office, and upstream to Crystal Falls is catch and release with selective gear rules.
		Fishing is permitted in Potter's Pond, Bayley Lake, and McDowell Lake from the last Saturday in April until October 31; in beaver ponds, the Little Pend Oreille River and its tributaries from June 1 until October 31.
	www.fws.gov /littlependoreille/fishing.htm (495 words)

	The Great Bass Invasion of the Pend d’Oreille River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Pend d’Oreille River flows for 249 Kilometres through Idaho and Washington states from its headwaters at Lake Pend Oreille in Sandpoint, Idaho.
		The moral implications of damming rivers will be discussed later, but for now, for better or worse, this stretch of the Pend d’Oreille offers some of the best bass fishing in the province.
		Although none of the several dams on the Pend d’Oreille were constructed with fish passages and all were deemed major obstructions for migrating fish, small and largemouth bass have found their way across the border.
	www.fly-fishing-british-columbia.com /pend-d-oreille-river.html (1640 words)

	Pend Oreille (say Pondoray) County Washington, WAGenWeb Project. Washington State, Genealogy and History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Pend Oreille County was the last county to be erected in Washington State.
		The population of Pend Oreille county was 6,025 in 1970, estimated to be 11,526 in 1998.
		The name Pend Oreille is said to have come from a French trapper’s description of the dangling earring pendants worn by a local Indian tribe.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/wa/county/pendoreille (266 words)

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		The mighty Pend Oreille River is the second largest tributary to the Columbia River, and the history of the American West follows this river from its source in the Rocky Mountains through the Flathead Valley to Lake Pend Oreille and through the Calispel Valley.
		The Pend Oreille River is formed by the North, Middle and South Forks of the Flathead River, the Clark Fork River, Bitterroot River and Blackfoot Rivers of Montana, together with the Pack River and Priest River in Idaho and the Calispel River in Washington.
		This vast fluctuation of the Pend Oreille River at Calispel Valley and its unpredictable nature may have led to the quick demise of the St. Ignatius Mission, and why it was relocated further east and up the river to the Flathead Valley in northwestern Montana.
	home1.gte.net /sde22ssw/StIgnatius2000PNWrevc.html (13269 words)

	Watershed Group Details
		The watershed includes the Clark Fork River basin in western Montana and northern Idaho, Lake Pend Oreille in northern Idaho, and the Pend Oreille River basin in northern Idaho and northeastern Washington.
		Instituted non-point source projects with dairy farmers in the Bitterroot River valley, and landowners in Three-Mile/Ambrose Creeks (Bitterroot watershed) and the Pack River (Lake Pend Oreille watershed.) Created Water Festivals held annually for 5th and 6th grade students in Idaho, Washington and Montana.
		Begin work on a TMDL for the Pend Oreille River and negotiate an agreement between the states of Idaho and Washington to protect the river.
	water.montana.edu /watersheds/groups/details.asp?groupID=16 (397 words)

	State of Water Quality of the Pend d'Oreille River at Waneta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It is the largest tributary of the Columbia River between Birchbank and the U.S. border.
		The Canadian portion of the Pend d'Oreille River is approximately 15 km long, and it ranges from 0 - 3 km north of the border.
		The Pend d'Oreille River at Waneta water quality monitoring station is located near the mouth of the river, on the north bank just downstream from the Waneta Dam.
	www.env.gov.bc.ca /wat/wq/quality/waneta/pendorei-01.htm (410 words)

	HistoryLink Essay:Pend Oreille River (Boundary Dam) Hydroelectric Project
		The Pend Oreille County Public Utilities District filed suit to stop the project and a separate "taxpayers'" suit challenged City Light's authority to condemn property for the dam.
		The Pend Oreille County PUD got an injunction to block construction crews from trespassing on PUD land, which they needed to do to carry out the construction.
		Boundary Dam (1967) on the Pend Oreille River, 1999
	www.historylink.org /essays/printer_friendly/index.cfm?file_id=5198 (901 words)

	Results--Pend Oreille River
		Analysis of preliminary posttreatment data and observations indicated that triclopyr provided excellent control of milfoil in both the river and cove plots.
		Although native plant biomass was reduced by 54 percent in the river plot and 76 percent in the cove plot, a similar reduction in native shoot mass (58 percent) was measured in the untreated reference plot.
		shows that sufficient triclopyr contact time was maintained to provide excellent initial knock-down and acceptable control of milfoil in the Pend Oreille treatments (verified at the 4-week posttreatment biomass evaluation).
	el.erdc.usace.army.mil /aqua/apis/herbicides/html/results0.html (373 words)

	Pend Oreille - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Pend Oreille - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Pend Oreille, river and lake located in northern Idaho, north-western United States.
		The river rises in Lake Pend Oreille and flows about 160 km...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Pend_Oreille.html (57 words)

	Agua Es la Vida - Water Is Life (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Despite this history, the Department of Ecology issued a permit to Teck Cominco for the Pend Oreille Mine, which is expected to produce zinc and lead that will be delivered in 23,000 truckloads to the Trial Smelter in British Columbia, an operation that became famous for discharging toxic waste that accumulates in Lake Roosevelt.
		The chemicals used to extract the lead and zinc at the Pend Oreille Mine include sodium cyanide, xanthates, lime, copper sulfate and methyl isobutyl, all harmful to human health and the environment.
		The Pend Oreille Mine is an underground lead and zinc mine located approximately two miles north of Metaline Falls on the Pend Oreille River in northeast Washington state.
	www.westernlaw.org /watershed/pendoreille_052604.html (858 words)

	Welcome to the International Selkirk Loop!
		The roadway follows the Pend Oreille River as in flows north to Canada and then turns west to join the Columbia River.
		The name Pend Oreille is said to have come from a French trapper's description of the dangling earring pendants worn by a local Indian tribe.
		Pend Oreille River, Lavender Festival (July); Colville National Forest; Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge, Upper and Lower Wolf Trails, Geophysical Nordic and Mountain Bike trails, Batey-Bould ORV Area, Kings Lake Sno-Park, Nok-OSH Kol interpretive trail at Pioneer Park, David Thompson Interpretive Site, Newport and Tiger Museums.
	www.selkirkloop.org /map_wa-pendoreillevalley.htm (322 words)

	Pend Oreille Conservation District - Grant Programs
		The Pend Oreille Conservation District (POCD) was appointed by the City of Newport, Pend Oreille Count, the Pend Oreille Public Utilities District and the Kalispel Tribe of Indians to provide the forum and administrative support to begin this process.
		The Pend Oreille Watershed Planning Unit consists of members representing a wide variety of interests in the county.
		Meetings of the Pend Oreille Watershed Planning Unit are held monthly on the third Thursday from 9 a.m.
	www.pocd.org /wria.html (778 words)

	THE KALISPEL INDIANS OF IDAHO
		The large lake in northern Idaho called Pend Oreille was the heartland of the Idaho Kalispel, prior to the invasion of the Americans into this region.
		The [unratified] Sandpoint Treaty was signed in 1887, setting the stage for the forced removal of all native residents from the Lake Pend Oreille drainage by the beginning of the twentieth century.
		Pend Oreille The French nickname for the Kalispel Indians.
	www.angelfire.com /id/newpubs/kalispel3.html (838 words)

	Pend Oreille River Medicine - For sale by River Medicine Farm Suri Alpacas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In his only show outing the judges had a difficult time placing the top animals in the class and noted that Pend Oreille carried the most lustrous fleece with the best handle.
		Breeding opportunities for Pend Oreille are limited in our herd because most of our females are either sisters or aunts.
		While his presence holds off the more experienced Machos, Pend Oreille is a gentle boy and easy to handle.
	www.alpacanation.com /herdsires/03_viewherdsire.asp?name=15777 (325 words)

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