Kootenai National Reserve

The reserve was founded in 1964 as a refuge for waterfowl during the migration period and is home to more than 220 bird species, 22 fish species and 45 mammal species. The territory of the reserve consists of wetlands surrounded by meadows and agricultural fields at the bottom of the plain adjacent to the west bank of the Cootenai River.

Tourists who visited the reserve are offered various types of excursions, hiking and auto tours, zones for free fishing and hunting.

Despite the fact that the territory of the reserve was originally intended for migration and habitat of various species of waterfowl, the land at the mouth of the Kootenai River also became the habitat of more than three hundred species of vertebrates, including a rare species of bald eagles. The spring migration of waterfowl coincides with the time of melting ice on the ponds, and tourists can watch songbirds begin to equip their nests.