Cadmium and zinc levels are decreasing in Lake Coeur d'Alene, while lead has overall remained steady, according to Idaho Department of Environmental Quality numbers presented at the annual Bay Watchers meeting Wednesday at the Harbor Center.
January 31, 2025
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COEUR d’ALENE — During the Bay Watchers annual meeting Meg Wolf of the Idaho Water Resources Research Institute and Craig Cooper of Idaho Department of Environmental Quality presented updates on the water quality and data methods in the works for monitoring Coeur d'Alene Lake. The presentation at the Harbor Center Coeur d’Alene went over data patterns at 11 monitoring sites collected by citizen scientists at Arrow Point, Beauty Bay, Blue Creek Bay, Cave Bay, Everwell Bay, Leaning Pine Point, Moscow Bay and Steamboat Point.