Debris removal at Ambush Rock/Kootenai River shoreline
Divers Caleb Watts and Travis Stolley watch as the air bags lift the car body out of the water so it can be pulled to the boat ramp.
(Courtesy Photo)
Goodfellow Bros. Foreman Dave Swansen and Tracey Sines move the car body from the boat ramp to the parking lot so it can be hauled for scrap.
BONNERS FERRY — Ambush Rock is getting cleaned up, thanks to efforts led by the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho.
As part of the reclamation and clean-up of the site, the Tribe, working with Goodfellow Bros. and Boundary County Search and Rescue Dive Team, teams successfully removed three car bodies abandoned along the shoreline of the Kootenai River downstream of the Search and Rescue boat ramp. Construction crews are currently working on a large-scale clean-up of the former dump site located at Ambush Rock.
The clean-up is funded by the Environmental Protection Agency as part of its Columbia River Toxics Reduction Program. The Kootenai Tribal Environmental Department was awarded a grant in 2023 to clean up the site.
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