Our Water

KNRD WATER RESOURCES PROGRAM

Water Quality Standards – Draft Revisions

Water Quality Monitoring

Protecting and improving our water quality starts with good data. The KNRD Water Quality monitors 42 sites on 11 tributaries to the Pend Oreille River. The following parameters are measured:

pH
temperature
turbidity
Dissolved Oxygen
Stream Flows
Macro Invertebrates

Testing Snow

Snow Course Data

The annual snowpack helps to determine the volume of fresh cold water that will fill our streams and rivers in the spring. Our Water Quality Team assists the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) in gathering snow pack data through a snow course. A snow course is a permanent measurement transect where the snowpack’s depth and water content are measured at the same locations month after month, and year after year. This manually collected data supplements the automated SNOTEL records and helps the NRCS better model the amount of spring runoff we can expect.

Recent Projects

Sxʷuytn (Trail) – Tribal Forest Protection Act

Northern Pike Removal Project

Indian Creek Community Forest

Priest River: A River of Potential

News Updates

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Be Bear Aware This Spring

May 30, 2024

This spring we are experiencing increased bear activity on and near the Reservation. When you are out in the woods it is a good idea to carry bear spray. To…

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Community Culture Land Water Wildlife

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Feb 1, 2022

February 11th is the annual observance of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, which aims to promote increasing the presence of women in STEM fields, which are…

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