Kootenai Tribe of Idaho Fish & Wildlife

The entire plan and appendices are available in Adobe PDF format below. For those with slow internet connections we've also posted the individual chapters for download (scroll to bottom of page).

Chapters & Appendices

Executive Summary	736 KB	Executive Summary Only
Chapter 0 – Prefaces	1.2 MB	This “chapter” contains the cover page, copyright page, acknowledgements, executive summary, table of contents, lists of figures and tables, glossary, and acronyms.
Chapter 1 – Introduction	1,020 KB	Chapter 1 describes the purpose of the project and why the project is needed, presents project history and context, and describes the relationship of this project to other fish and wildlife projects in the Kootenai subbasin.
Chapter 2 – Kootenai Subbasin Ecosystem and Limiting Habitat Factors	5.1 MB	Chapter 2 provides an overview of the historical and existing conditions in the Kootenai subbasin, river and floodplain stewardship implications for the river corridor, the characteristics of the river reaches in the project area and the factors that limit habitat for focal aquatic species and other species within the project area.
Chapter 3 – Restoration Strategies, Treatments and Habitat Actions	1.7 MB	Chapter 3 describes restoration strategies, treatments, and habitat actions that will be used in each project reach to address limiting factors identified in Chapter 2.
Chapter 4 – Habitat Action Implementation Scenarios	1.5 MB	Chapter 4 describes how different habitat actions could be combined at different spatial scales to best address limiting factors in each river reach within the project area.
Chapter 5 – Adaptive Management and Monitoring	932 KB	Chapter 5 describes the Adaptive Management and Monitoring program for the Kootenai River Habitat Restoration Project.
Chapter 6 – Environmental Compliance and Consultation	612 KB	Chapter 6 provides an overview of anticipated environmental compliance and consultation requirements related to subsequent phases of the Kootenai River Habitat Restoration Project.
Chapter 7 – Estimated Costs	1.1 MB	Chapter 7 presents estimated costs for the Kootenai River Habitat Restoration Project conceptual framework presented in this Master Plan.
Chapter 8 – Funding	564 KB	Chapter 8 provides a funding analysis and discusses development of a funding strategy for implementation of the Kootenai River Habitat Restoration Project.
Chapter 9 – Next Steps	568 KB	Chapter 9 summarized the planned next steps for the project.
Citations	736 KB	Includes a list of citations referenced in the Master Plan
Appendix A	13.1 MB	Appendix A presents a summary of the hydraulic analyses completed for the Master Plan.
Appendix B	4.9 MB	Appendix B presents sediment-transport data including: a sampling summary, suspended sediment summary, bedload sediment summary, bed material sediment summary, and a provisional sediment-transport analysis.
Appendix C	45.5 MB	Appendix C presents supporting information related to plant community distribution and ecological processes driving plant community succession and composition for Kootenai River habitat restoration reaches.
Appendix D	8.3 MB	Appendix D provides a summary of prioritized fish and physical habitat factors for each of the six focal species.
Appendix E	11.1 MB	Appendix E provides a summary of geomorphic data that was used to support development of morphological limiting factors.
Appendix F	2.6 MB	Appendix F provides a detailed breakdown of estimated costs in support the cost estimates presented in Chapter 7.