A New Dawn: Restoring the Clark Fork Delta

By Becky Kramer
The Spokesman-Review

On a fall afternoon, the Clark Fork Delta is a place of astonishing beauty.

Yellow-green grasses glow against the denim-blue of the Clark Fork River as it empties into Lake Pend Oreille. Each detour down the braided river channels reveals a surprise: an eagle’s nest, a pair of redheaded ducks, a golden stand of cottonwoods.

In a kayak and in hip waders, Katherine Cousins has explored this fertile meeting place of land and water. Amid the striking scenery, she sees an ecosystem in peril. Read more