Coeur d'Alene Lake/Lake Coeur d'Alene
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Grebe Survey Summary
- Max Adults: 2
- Year: 1943, 1946
- Most Recent Adults: 2
- Year: 1946
- Survey Type: N/A
- Most Common Threats Reported: N/A
- Lake name:
- Coeur d'Alene Lake/Lake Coeur d'Alene
- Location:
- Idaho
- HydroLAKE ID:
- 729
- GRanD ID:
- 315
- Latitude:
- 47.705243
- Longitude:
- -116.951042
- Surface area (km2):
- 125.5
- Basin type:
- reservoir
- Dam completion date:
- 1906
- Management agency:
- Idaho Department of Fish and Game; Avista; Coeur d’Alene Tribe; Bureau of Lane Management
- Lake use:
- hydroelectricity recreation fisheries other
- Region associations:
- Coeur d'Alene River; St. Joe River; Coeur d'Alene Basin
- Comments:
- Coeur d'Alene Lake is the second largest lake in Idaho. Though it is considered a natural lake, Avista controls the water level of the lake. It is within the boundary of Seattle City Light Hydroelectric Project study area for the Regional Recreation Analysis of Kootenai County, Idaho. Mining in the 1800s may have left high lead levels in surrounding soils of the Coeur d'Alene River area.
Surveys (2)
Survey Citation:
Trost. C.H. 1994. Status and distribution of colonial nesting waterbirds in northern Idaho and selected species in southern Idaho. 31 pp.
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Time period
1943 -
Source
Report -
Both Western and Clarks?
N/A
| Count Type | Range | Max | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Adults | 1 to 100 | 2 | 1943 |
| Most Recent Adults | 1 to 100 | 2 | 1943 |
| Max Nests | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Most Recent Nests | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Max Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Most Recent Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Comments:
Brief mention of the only historical record of a grebe pair nesting in northern Idaho was in lake Coeur D'Alene (Burleigh 1972).
Survey Citation:
Peterson, L. A. 1977. Colonial waterbirds in Idaho. Special Report to Idaho Department of Fish and Game. 38 pp.
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Time period
1946 -
Source
Report -
Both Western and Clarks?
N
| Count Type | Range | Max | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Adults | 1 to 100 | 2 | 1946 |
| Most Recent Adults | 1 to 100 | 2 | 1946 |
| Max Nests | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Most Recent Nests | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Max Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Most Recent Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Comments:
Peterson reports that Burleigh cites Yocum's observation (1946) of a breeding pair on this lake.
Sources of Information
- Messager, M. L., B. Lehner, G. Grill, I. Nedeva, and O. Schmitt. 2016. Estimating the volume and age of water stored in global lakes using a geo-statistical approach. Nature Communications 7:13603. Data is available at www.hydrosheds.org.; Lehner, B., C. Reidy Liermann, C. Revenga, C. Vorosmarty, B. Fekete, P. Crouzet, P. Doll, M. Endejan, K. Frenken, J. Magome, C. Nilsson, J.C. Robertson, R. Rodel, N. Sindorf, and D. Wisser. 2011. Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Dams, Revision 01. Palisades, New York: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).
- Lehner, B., C. Reidy Liermann, C. Revenga, C. Vorosmarty, B. Fekete, P. Crouzet, P. Doll, M. Endejan, K. Frenken, J. Magome, C. Nilsson, J.C. Robertson, R. Rodel, N. Sindorf, and D. Wisser. 2011. Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Dams, Revision 01. Palisades, New York: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).
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