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Thank Idaho For Wildlife if you hike Myrtle
Creek
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| April 19, 2011 |
The Bonners Ferry Mayor and City Council would
once again like to thank Idaho For Wildlife for
their efforts last year in installing new signs
in the Myrtle Creek Preserve, and if you happen
to be hiking there if we ever get a spring and
summer here this year, you should thank them,
too.
The preserve encompasses the Myrtle Creek
drainage on the West Side, which is the source
of Bonners Ferry's drinking water. There area
has long been off-limits for hunting and
fishing, but over the years the signage marking
the boundaries of the preseve had deteriorated,
and state regulations not always enforced.
On September 2, 2003, the Myrtle Creek Fire
started, quickly burning 3,600 acres and forcing
the city to begin taking water from the Kootenai
River while intensive restoration work was done.
During that process, many of the already
deteriorating signs were knocked down or
destroyed.
Although not an advocate of the area being
closed to hunting, Idaho For Wildlife President
Guy A. Patchen, his wife, Christine, daughter
ReiAnna and fellow member John Swenson took time
from their busy schedules on the first weekend
in October, 2010, to hike in and set the new
signs.
With cooperation from Idaho Fish and Game, it's
the city's hope that this year's hunting and
fishing regulations will better define the area
and the restrictions placed within the preserve,
and the signs are an important first step. |
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