Respect the River is for the North Fork Coeur d'Alene River, ID - We connect people to their riparian environment through EDUCATION, return watersheds and rivers to a healthy state through RESTORATION, and involve the public in the restoration process through EMPOWERMENT. The North Fork Coeur d’Alene River and its major tributaries flow past lands managed by the Idaho Panhandle National Forests (I
PNF), the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG), the Idaho Department of Lands (IDL), Shoshone County, Kootenai County, and privately owned land. Two management plans have been created in response to continually increasing recreation use and impacts along the North Fork Coeur d’Alene River: The North Fork Coeur d’Alene River Cooperative Recreation Plan and the Coeur d’Alene River Corridor Management Plan. The North Fork Coeur d’Alene River Watershed Advisory Group (WAG) developed the North Fork Coeur d’Alene River Cooperative Recreation Plan. The North Fork Coeur d’Alene River WAG is a cooperative group of citizens as well as representatives of local government, land management and regulatory agencies interested in the management of water quality within a watershed. The plan developed by the WAG focuses on recreation management along the lower 35 miles of the North Fork Coeur d’Alene River, including private and public lands, from the confluence with the South Fork Coeur d’Alene near Enaville, upstream to the mouth of Shoshone Creek in Shoshone County, Idaho. The Coeur d’Alene River Cooperative Recreation Plan is a programmatic management tool for the 150 mile stretch of National Forest System land along the North Fork and Little North Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River and its major tributaries in Kootenai and Shoshone Counties, Idaho. National Forest System lands within ¼ of a mile from the center of the river are included in the analysis area.
