SANDPOINT, Idaho – Paddlers who like to explore the Pack River delta are having an easier time getting on the water this summer. A new, spacious parking lot and boat ramp are open along U.S ...

Pete Rust, mitigation biologist for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, walks on the Pack River delta access site near Sandpoint on July 22. The area is newly opened as part of a $3.5 million ...

Armed with an $800,000 grant, Idaho Fish and Game is working to restore the delta. The Pack River Delta east of Sandpoint once teemed with life - mosquitoes, ducks, bats, beavers, moose and muskrats.

Pete Rust, mitigation biologist for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, walks on the Pack River delta access site near Sandpoint on July 22. The area is newly opened as part of a $3.5 million ...