Natural Resources Component Bonner County Comprehensive Plan Natural Resources Component Bonner County Comprehensive Plan Adopted by Resolution of the Bonner County Board of Commissioners May 8, 2003 Resolution #03-19 recorded May 8, 2003, at Instrument #624303, records of Bonner County, Idaho BONNER COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT 127 S. First Avenue Sandpoint, Idaho 83864 (208) 265-1458 Prepared with the assistance of J-U-B ENGINEERS, Inc. 212 N. First Avenue, Ste. 307 Sandpoint, ID 83864 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 - WATER BODIES ........................................... CHAPTER 1 - 2 Section 1.1 - Rivers and Streams ..................................... CHAPTER 1 - 2 Clark Fork River ........................................... CHAPTER 1 - 2 Clark Fork Basin Tributary Streams ............................ CHAPTER 1 - 5 Pend Oreille River .......................................... CHAPTER 1 - 6 Pend Oreille Basin Tributary Streams ........................... CHAPTER 1 - 8 Pack River ................................................ CHAPTER 1 - 9 Priest River...............................................CHAPTER 1 - 14 Priest River and Priest Lake Basin Tributary Streams.............. CHAPTER 1 - 16 Section 1.2 - Lakes............................................... CHAPTER 1 - 20 Lake Pend Oreille ......................................... CHAPTER 1 - 20 Priest Lake .............................................. CHAPTER 1 - 30 Upper Priest Lake ......................................... CHAPTER 1 - 35 East Side Lower Lake ...................................... CHAPTER 1 - 35 West Side Lower Lake...................................... CHAPTER 1 - 35 Cocolalla Lake............................................ CHAPTER 1 - 39 Kelso Lake............................................... CHAPTER 1 - 49 Round Lake .............................................. CHAPTER 1 - 50 Granite Lake.............................................. CHAPTER 1 - 52 Shepherd, Mirror, and Hoodoo Lakes .......................... CHAPTER 1 - 54 Section 1.3 - Wetlands ............................................ CHAPTER 1 - 54 Section 1.4 - Geothermal Waters .................................... CHAPTER 1 - 56 CHAPTER 2 - VEGETATION ............................................. CHAPTER 2 - 1 Section 2.1 - Forests............................................... CHAPTER 2 - 1 Forest Composition ......................................... CHAPTER 2 - 1 Ownership ................................................ CHAPTER 2 - 1 History................................................... CHAPTER 2 - 2 Productivity ............................................... CHAPTER 2 - 3 Section 2.2 - Pasture, Range and Crop Land ............................ CHAPTER 2 - 4 Section 2.3 - Generalized Vegetation.................................. CHAPTER 2 - 6 Section 2.4 - Sensitive Species ....................................... CHAPTER 2 - 6 CHAPTER 3 - SOILS .................................................... CHAPTER 3 - 1 Section 3.1- Prime farmland......................................... CHAPTER 3 - 1 Section 3.2 - Non-Prime Farmland.................................... CHAPTER 3 - 4 Section 3.3 - Soil Properties......................................... CHAPTER 3 - 7 Engineering Index Properties.................................. CHAPTER 3 - 7 Physical & Chemical Properties ............................... CHAPTER 3 - 8 Soil and Water Features...................................... CHAPTER 3 - 8 Sewage Disposal Characteristics............................... CHAPTER 3 - 9 CHAPTER 4 – FISHERIES ................................................ CHAPTER 4 - 1 Section 4.1 - Native Species......................................... CHAPTER 4 - 1 Natural Resources Component Bonner County Comprehensive Plan Table of Contents - i Westslope Cutthroat Trout.................................... CHAPTER 4 - 2 Bull Trout................................................. CHAPTER 4 - 2 Mountain Whitefish ......................................... CHAPTER 4 - 3 Pygmy Whitefish........................................... CHAPTER 4 - 4 Northern pikeminnow ....................................... CHAPTER 4 - 4 Section 4.2 - Introduced Species...................................... CHAPTER 4 - 5 Brown trout ............................................... CHAPTER 4 - 5 Rainbow trout ............................................. CHAPTER 4 - 5 Arctic grayling............................................. CHAPTER 4 - 6 Kokanee.................................................. CHAPTER 4 - 6 Lake Trout (Mackinaw)...................................... CHAPTER 4 - 7 Mysis relicta (shrimp) ....................................... CHAPTER 4 - 8 Section 4.2 - Stream Segments/Shorelines (Spawning, hatching, rearing)...... CHAPTER 4 - 8 Lake Pend Oreille .......................................... CHAPTER 4 - 8 Upper and Lower Priest Lake ................................. CHAPTER 4 - 9 Section 4.3 - Game Species.......................................... CHAPTER 4 - 9 Section 4.4 - Non-Game Species ..................................... CHAPTER 4 - 9 Section 4.5 - Sensitive Species ....................................... CHAPTER 4 - 9 Threats to the Bull Trout Population in Lake Pend Oreille .......... CHAPTER 4 - 10 Bull and Westslope Cutthroat Trout Streams .................... CHAPTER 4 - 11 Subwatersheds Descriptions/Threats/Actions .................... CHAPTER 4 - 12 Section 4.6 - Hatcheries ........................................... CHAPTER 4 - 17 Sandpoint ................................................ CHAPTER 4 - 17 Cabinet Gorge ............................................ CHAPTER 4 - 17 CHAPTER 5 - WILDLIFE ................................................ CHAPTER 5 - 1 Section 5.1 - General Overview ...................................... CHAPTER 5 - 1 Section 5.2 - Waterfowl ............................................ CHAPTER 5 - 1 Section 5.3 - Big Game............................................. CHAPTER 5 - 3 Deer..................................................... CHAPTER 5 - 3 Elk ...................................................... CHAPTER 5 - 5 Bear ..................................................... CHAPTER 5 - 7 Mountain Lion ............................................. CHAPTER 5 - 8 Moose.................................................... CHAPTER 5 - 9 Mountain Goat ............................................ CHAPTER 5 - 10 Bighorn Sheep ............................................ CHAPTER 5 - 10 Section 5.4 - Upland Game......................................... CHAPTER 5 - 11 Upland Game Birds........................................ CHAPTER 5 - 11 Furbearers ............................................... CHAPTER 5 - 12 Predators ................................................ CHAPTER 5 - 13 Section 5.5 - Non-game Wildlife .................................... CHAPTER 5 - 14 Section 5.6 - Special Status Species.................................. CHAPTER 5 - 15 Caribou ................................................. CHAPTER 5 - 16 Grizzly Bear ............................................. CHAPTER 5 - 18 Bald Eagle ............................................... CHAPTER 5 - 19 Section 5.7 - General Habitat ....................................... CHAPTER 5 - 20 Section 5.8 - Critical Habitat........................................CHAPTER 5 - 21 White-tailed Deer and Mule Deer Winter Range.................. CHAPTER 5 - 22 Natural Resources Component Bonner County Comprehensive Plan Table of Contents - ii Elk Winter Range and Calving Habitat......................... CHAPTER 5 - 23 Moose Habitat ............................................ CHAPTER 5 - 23 Waterfowl Production, Migration, and Wintering Areas ............ CHAPTER 5 - 24 Bald Eagle Nesting and Foraging Areas ........................ CHAPTER 5 - 25 Great Blue Heron Rookeries ................................. CHAPTER 5 - 26 Harlequin Duck Breeding Streams ............................ CHAPTER 5 - 26 Grizzly Bear Spring and Fall Range ........................... CHAPTER 5 - 27 Western Grebe Nesting Area................................. CHAPTER 5 - 27 Black Tern Nesting Areas ................................... CHAPTER 5 - 28 Goshawk Nesting Area and Flammulated Owl Nesting Habitat...... CHAPTER 5 - 28 Section 5.9 - Wildlife Disturbance Due To Urban Sprawl................. CHAPTER 5 - 29 Deer.................................................... CHAPTER 5 - 29 Elk ..................................................... CHAPTER 5 - 31 Moose................................................... CHAPTER 5 - 32 Raptors.................................................. CHAPTER 5 - 32 Great Blue Herons......................................... CHAPTER 5 - 33 Waterfowl ............................................... CHAPTER 5 - 34 Bald Eagles .............................................. CHAPTER 5 - 34 Harlequin Ducks .......................................... CHAPTER 5 - 35 CHAPTER 6 – MINERALS ............................................... CHAPTER 6 - 1 Section 6.1 - Metals ............................................... CHAPTER 6 - 1 Quantity .................................................. CHAPTER 6 - 1 Mining History............................................. CHAPTER 6 - 1 Section 6.2 - Non-Metals ........................................... CHAPTER 6 - 2 Type..................................................... CHAPTER 6 - 2 Location.................................................. CHAPTER 6 - 2 Quantity .................................................