{"id":149,"date":"2013-03-21T22:32:27","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T05:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ext100.wsu.edu\/pendoreille\/?page_id=149"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:43:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:43:43","slug":"nrs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/pendoreille\/sample-page\/nrs\/","title":{"rendered":"Pend Oreille County&#8217;s Natural Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-card-wrapper wsu-card-wrapper--per-row-3\" >\r\n    \n<article class=\"wsu-card\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-image-frame wsu-image--ratio-1-1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/04\/Lake-Pend-Oreille-banner.jpg\"\r\n\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/04\/Lake-Pend-Oreille-banner.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/04\/Lake-Pend-Oreille-banner-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/04\/Lake-Pend-Oreille-banner-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/04\/Lake-Pend-Oreille-banner-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/04\/Lake-Pend-Oreille-banner-1536x864.jpg 1536w\"\r\n\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\r\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Lake shoreline\"\r\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"object-position: 54% 49%\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wsu-title  wsu-font-size--medium\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWaterways\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-caption\">\r\n\t\t\tThe Pend Oreille River &amp; Pend Oreille River Valley.<br><br>The Pend Oreille River is 130 miles long originating from Lake Pend Oreille in the Idaho Panhandle flowing northwesterly until it joins the Columbia River in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. \u00a0<br><br>The Pend Oreille River Valley, located in northeastern Washington, is home to abundant wildlife and offers natural, historical, cultural, and scenic points of interest including the Kalispel Indian Reservation, home to the Kalispel Tribe \u2013 the original paddlers of the Pend Oreille. In the early 1800s French-Canadian fur trappers were among the first non-indigenous people to visit the Pend Oreille River Valley. <br><br>Settlers mined gold, lead, and zinc in the mid to late 1800s with logging emerging as the area\u2019s major industry. Steamboats and the railroad played important historical roles in the economic development of the Pend Oreille River Valley\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n<article class=\"wsu-card\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-image-frame wsu-image--ratio-1-1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2026\/02\/grizzly.jpeg\"\r\n\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2026\/02\/grizzly.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2026\/02\/grizzly-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2026\/02\/grizzly-768x512.jpeg 768w\"\r\n\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\r\n\t\t\t\talt=\"grizzly bear\"\r\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"object-position: 54% 49%\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wsu-title  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