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N 1 - Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area Creston, BC
N 2 - Boundary Creek Wildlife Management Area Bonners Ferry
N 3 - Ball Creek Ranch Bonners Ferry
N 4 - Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge Bonners Ferry
N 5 - Myrtle Creek/Snow Creek Subloop Bonner's Ferry
N 6 - Perkins Lake Bonners Ferry
N 7 - McArthur Lake Wildlife Management Area Sandpoint
N 8 - Oden Bay and Sunnyside Loop Sandpoint
N 9 - Hope Subloop Hope
N 10 - Sandpoint City Beach/Sandpoint Fish Hatchery/ Waterlife Discovery Center Sandpoint
N 11 - Morton Slough Game Management Area Sandpoint
N 12 - Round Lake State Park Sandpoint
N 13 - Westmond Lake Sandpoint
N 14 - Kelso Lake/Hoodoo Valley Athol
N 15 - Priest Lake Area/Dickensheet Subloop Coolin
N 16 - Hanna Flats Cedar Grove Priest Lake
N 17 - Priest River Area/Albeni Dam Priest River
N 18 - Farragut State Park Athol
N 19 - Hayden Lake Subloop Hayden Lake
N 20 - City of Coeur d'Alene Coeur d'Alene
N 21 - Mica Bay Coeur d'Alene
N 22 - Wolf Lodge Bay Coeur d'Alene
N 23 - Cataldo Area Cataldo
N 24 - Old River Road Subloop (near Enaville) Kingston
N 25 - Chain Lakes/Lane Marsh Coeur d'Alene
N 26 - Kings/Dobson Pass/Settler's Grove Subloop Wallace
N 27 - Thompson/Anderson Lakes Harrison
N 28 - Goose Haven Lake/Round Lake Roads St. Maries
N 29 - St. Maries/St. Joe River Roads St. Maries
N 30 - Marble Creek/Hobo Pass/Merry Creek Subloop Clarkia
N 31 - Heyburn State Park Plummer
N 32 - McCroskey State Park Tensed
N 33 - Laird Park Potlatch
N 34 - Giant White Pine CG/Scenic Byway Potlatch
N 35 - Spring Valley Reservoir Troy
N 36 - Moose Creek Reservoir Bovill
N 37 - Elk River Falls, Pond, and Meadows Elk River
N 38 - Freezout Ridge from Clarkia St. Maries
N 39 - Moscow Moscow
N 40 - Lewiston-Confluence of Snake and Clearwater Rivers Lewiston
N 41 - Hells Gate State Park Lewiston
N 42 - Mann Lake Lewiston
N 43 - Craig Mountain Wildlife Management Area/Waha Lake Lewiston
N 44 - Nez Perce National Historic Park (Spalding Picnic Area) Lewiston
N 45 - Coyote Grade Lapwei or Lewiston
N 46 - Pierce-Weippe-Grangemont Subloop Pierce/Weippe
N 47 - Aquarius Campground Pierce
N 48 - Wilderness Gateway Park Kooskia
N 49 - Upper Lochsa River Lolo, MT
N 50 - Winchester Lake State Park Winchester
N 51 - Kamiah/Kooskia-Heart of Monster and Kooskia Fish Hatchery Kamiah
N 52 - Grangeville Area Grangeville
N 53 - Cottonwood Butte Cottonwood
N 54 - Grave Creek/Pine Bar Cottonwood
N 55 - Red River Wildlife Management Area/Elk City Area Elk City
N 56 - Seven Devils Riggins
N 57 - Salmon River Road Riggins
N 58 - Rapid River Fish Hatchery Riggins
N 59 - Polluck-Little Salmon River Riggins
SW 1 - Brundage Subloop McCall
SW 2 - Bear Basin McCall
SW 3 - Ponderosa State Park McCall
SW 4 - Lake Cascade-East Cascade
SW 5 - Lake Cascade-West Cascade
SW 6 - Montour Wildlife Management Area Horsehoe Bend/Emmett
SW 7 - Weiser River Trail (Rails to Trails) Weiser
SW 8 - Midvale Greater Sage-Grouse Lek Midvale
SW 9 - Crane Creek Reservoir Weiser
SW 10 - Ben Ross Reservoir Cambridge
SW 11 - Cecil Andrus Wildlife Management Area Cambridge
SW 12 - Payette River Wildlife Management Area New Plymouth
SW 13 - Fort Boise Wildlife Management Area Parma
SW 14 - Wilson Ponds Nampa
SW 15 - Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge/Lake Lowell Nampa
SW 16 - Murphy to Silver City Subloop Murphy
SW 17 - World Center for Birds of Prey Boise
SW 18 - Owyhee Upland Backcountry Byway Grandview
SW 19 - Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area/Celebration Park Kuna
SW 20 - Boise River Boise
SW 21 - Black's Creek Subloop Mountain Home
SW 22 - Indian Creek Reservoir Boise
SW 23 - Bruneau Dunes State Park Bruneau
SW 24 - C.J. Strike Reservoir Wildlife Management Area Bruneau
SW 25 - Ted Trueblood Wildlife Area Grand View
SW 26 - Three Island Crossing State Park Glenns Ferry
SW 27 - Adin Hall/Hot Springs Creek Reservoirs Mountain Home
SW 28 - Blair Trail Reservoir/Bennett Mountain Road Glenn's Ferry
SW 29 - Mountain Home Reservoir Mountain Home
SW 30 - Little Camas Reservoir Mountain Home
SW 31 - Camas Prairie Centennial Marsh Wildlife Management Area Fairfield
SW 32 - Magic Reservoir Fairfield
SW 33 - Silver Creek Preserve Picabo
SW 34 - Carey Lake Wildlife Management Area Carey
SW 35 - Niagara Springs Wildlife Management Area Wendell
SW 36 - Hagerman Wildlife Management Area Hagerman
SW 37 - Milner Lake Burley
SW 38 - Murtaugh Lake Murtaugh/Twin Falls
SW 39 - South Hills/Shoshone Basin/Salmon Creek Falls Subloop Twin Falls
SW 40 - Big Cottonwood Wildlife Management Area Oakley
SE 1 - Mackay Reservoir and Chilly Slough Mackay
SE 2 - Craters of the Moon National Monument Arco
SE 3 - Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge/Lake Walcott State Park Rupert
SE 4 - City of Rocks National Reserve Almo
SE 5 - Massacre Rocks State Park American Falls
SE 6 - American Falls Area American Falls
SE 7 - American Falls Fish Hatchery American Falls
SE 8 - Sterling Wildlife Management Area Aberdeen
SE 9 - Aberdeen's Sportsmen's Park Aberdeen
SE 10 - Springfield Ponds Springfield
SE 11 - The Springfield Bottoms Springfield
SE 12 - Cedar Ridge Route Subloop American Falls
SE 13 - Big Canyon to Knox Canyon Subloop American Falls
SE 14 - Pocatello Greenway Pocatello
SE 15 - Mink Creek Subloop Pocatello
SE 16 - Robbers Roost (Portneuf Wildlife Management Area) Pocatello
SE 17 - Hawkins Reservoir Virginia
SE 18 - Daniels Reservoir Malad City
SE 19 - Weston Reservoir Malad City
SE 20 - Curlew National Grassland Malad City
SE 21 - Marsh Creek and Red Rock Pass Downey
SE 22 - Oxford Slough Area Swan Lake
SE 23 - Oneida Narrows Reservoir Preston
SE 24 - Twin Lakes Reservoir and Swan Lake Preston
SE 25 - Upper Portneuf River Lava Hot Springs
SE 26 - Blackfoot River Wildlife Management Area Soda Springs
SE 27 - Alexander Reservoir Soda Springs
SE 28 - Formation Springs Soda Springs
SE 29 - Blackfoot Reservoir Soda Springs
SE 30 - Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge Wayan
SE 31 - Diamond Creek Soda Springs
SE 32 - Elk Valley Marsh Montpelier
SE 33 - Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge Montpelier
SE 34 - Wolverine Canyon Route Subloop Shelley
SE 35 - Tex Creek Wildlife Management Area Ririe
SE 36 - South Fork of Snake River Alpine, WY
SE 37 - Palisades Reservoir Swan Valley
SE 38 - Teton Valley Subloop Driggs
SE 39 - Teton Pass Subloop Victor
SE 40 - Mud Lake Wildlife Management Area Mud Lake
SE 41 - Camas National Wildlife Refuge Hamer
SE 42 - Market Lake Wildlife Management Area Roberts
SE 43 - Mesa Falls Subloop Ashton
SE 44 - Sand Creek Wildlife Management Area St. Anthony
SE 45 - Harriman State Park Island Park
SE 46 - Black Canyon Road Subloop Macks Inn
SE 47 - Henrys Lake Macks Inn
EC 1 - Deadwater Slough North Fork
EC 2 - Morgan Creek-Panther Creek Subloop Challis/Salmon/North Fork
EC 3 - Tower Creek Bottoms Salmon
EC 4 - Hot Springs Island Salmon
EC 5 - Morgan Bar Recreation Area Salmon
EC 6 - Salmon Wastewater Treatment Ponds Salmon
EC 7 - Salmon River Float-Salmon Section Salmon
EC 8 - Island Park-City of Salmon Salmon
EC 9 - Sacajawea Interpretive, Cultural, and Education Center Salmon
EC 10 - Williams Lake and Lake Creek Trail Salmon
EC 11 - Lemhi Backroad Subloop Salmon/Tendoy/Leadore
EC 12 - Lewis and Clark Backcountry Byway Salmon
EC 13 - Pennal Gulch Sportsman's Access Challis
EC 14 - Challis Golf Course Bluebird Trail Challis
EC 15 - Challis Hot Springs Road Challis
EC 16 - Salmon River Float-Challis Section Challis
EC 17 - Bar-D Reservoir Challis
EC 18 - Custer Motorway Adventure Road Challis
EC 19 - Salmon River Scenic Byway Stanley, Challis, Salmon
EC 20 - Cape Horn Lakes Stanley
EC 21 - Cape Horn Loop (Marsh Creek) Stanley
EC 22 - Stanley Lake Stanley
EC 23 - Stanley Creek Overlook Stanley
EC 24 - Stanley Ranger Station Sewage Treatment Ponds Stanley
EC 25 - Redfish Lake Stanley
EC 26 - Alturas Lake Stanley
EC 27 - Galena Pass Stanley