<p>From high upon the Haul Road, the Kootenai River winds through Lincoln County above Libby. A conservation group says the river is among the country’s most endangered as a result of the run-off of selenium from open-pit coal mines from British Columbia, Canada, that flow into Lake Koocanusa. </p>
April 19, 2013
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A River Threatened
Kootenai River among 10 most endangered, group says
The Kootenai River, the lifeblood of Libby, has been named one of the nation’s 10 Most Endangered Rivers, primarily because of pollution from coal mining in southeastern British Columbia.