Connecting the Clearwater, water sampling works to provide data for a big picture

Shortly before 10 a.m. on Salmon Lake, an eagle swooped in front of a boat that started collecting water quality data a couple hours earlier. The bird of prey dipped into the water, grabbed a fish and flew away.

"You don't see that every day," Colleen Stone, who was volunteering that morning with the Clearwater Resource Council, said.

Later on, a herring flew across the width of the six-mile long lake. Brea Dehm, aquatic technician with the Clearwater Resource Council, said these moments, and being able to be out on the Clearwater Chain of Lakes, is definitely a cool part of her job.

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