Tribe announces burbot release

BONNERS FERRY — The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho would like to extend an invitation to the community to participate in the releasing of hatchery-reared juvenile burbot (also known as ling) into the Kootenai River.

The tribe hopes to provide all those interested an opportunity to release fish and to ask questions about both its programs and the fish. The event will take place Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. at the public Search and Rescue boat ramp (located by the Boundary County Waterways Building) one mile west on Riverside Street.

Since it is a public boat launch, those attending are asked to be sure to park only in the designated areas.