Tribes and Agencies that implement the mitigation for Albeni Falls dam due to the construction and inundation are: Idaho Department of Fish and Game, the Kalispel Tribe, the Coeur D'Alene Tribe, the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho and the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. Once the loss assessments were completed, these agencies and tribes worked collectively to protect, enhance and mitigate wildlife impacts in the Coeur d' Alene and Pend Oreille Subbasins. This contract provides for the enhancement, operations and maintenance, construction and implementation on mitigation properties managed by the Coeur d' Alene Tribe.  In addition, this contract provides the funding for the Tribe to conduct planning and design activities for the potential acquisition of mitigation properties.  Currently the Tribe owns and manages approximately 3,400 acres under the Albeni Falls Wildlife Mitigation Project.

To date, Operation and Maintenance and limited enhancement work (wetland creation) have been conducted on the mitigation properties (Goose Haven Lake - wetland creation/enhancement) under this project number. Full scale stream restoration and flood plain enhancement is being conducted on the Benewah Creek mitigation acquisition as part of the Fisheries Program's enhancement project.

The properties acquired to date by the Coeur d'Alene Tribe fall into two general categories. Those that are conservation type with limited enhancements necessary and those that have high potential habitat value but require active enhancement activities to realize potential.