Virtual Public Hearing: Protect Kootenai River From Selenium Pollution
Selenium from coal mines in British Columbia, Canada is contaminating the Kootenai River in Idaho. The selenium pollution is carried downstream from the Elk and Fording Rivers into Lake Koocanusa and across the border into Montana. Water released from Lake Koocanusa through Libby Dam then flows west into Idaho carrying selenium pollution with it. Selenium …