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-Photo by DAC COLLINS A group of children help the tribe release fish into the Kootenai river. After scooping the burbot out of a bucket with a dipnet, the kids dump them into the river and then herd the fish towards deeper water. Some of the fingerlings weren’t quite fast enough and fell victim to the herders’ rubber boots.

-Photo by DAC COLLINS A group of children help the tribe release fish into the Kootenai river. After scooping the burbot out of a bucket with a dipnet, the kids dump them into the river and then herd the fish towards deeper water. Some of the fingerlings weren’t quite fast enough and fell victim to the herders’ rubber boots.

October 20, 2016

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Kootenai tribe releases another batch of burbot
October 20, 2016 10:39 p.m.

Kootenai tribe releases another batch of burbot

The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho conducted its annual burbot release at the public Search and Rescue boat ramp in Bonners Ferry on Friday, Oct. 14. A number of Boundary County residents, mostly youngsters, came out to assist the tribe members and fisheries experts as they released approximately 2 thousand juvenile burbot into the Kootenai river.