The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes' Division of Fish, Wildlife, Recreation, and Conservation originally released Explore the River as an interactive, Flash-based DVD in 2011. With funding from the CSKT Department of Education, the project was converted from Flash to a web-based learning tool in 2021.
Explore the River Website-Project Director: Michelle Mitchell
Explore the River DVD-Project Director: Germaine White
ARCO Project Lead: Les Evarts
DVD/Website Design and Development and Science Researcher and Writer: David Rockwell
Author of the essay: Aay u Sqélix͏ʷ: A History of Bull Trout and the Salish and Pend d’Oreille People: Thompson Smith
Cultural Tools Researcher and Instructor and host of fishing tool-making videos: Tim Ryan
Cultural Advisors: Johnny Arlee & Tony Incashola
Translator: Johnny Arlee
Review of Elder Interview Video Subtitles: Shirley Trahan
Historian: Thompson Smith
Science Advisors and Interviewees: Les Evarts, Craig Barfoot, Rusty Sydnor, and Seth Makepeace
Bull Trout's Gift Illustrator: Sashay Camel
Bull Trout's Gift Storyteller: Johnny Arlee
Videographers: Frank Tyro & Roy Bigcrane of SKC Media Center (elder interviews) & Frank Sicilia (underwater footage)
Elder Interviewees: Pat Pierre (1929 - 2018), Michael Louis Durglo, Sr. (1935 - 2015), Eneas Vanderburg (1927 - 2019), Tony Incashola, and Dolly Linsebigler (1927 - 2017). Joe Eneas (1896 - 1997) and Louise McDonald (1904 - 1994) interviewed as part of The Place of Falling Waters documentary.

We are also indebted to the following individuals for their generous contributions:

Fish Illustrations: Joseph Tomelleri (http://www.americanfishes.com)
Underwater Video Footage of Bull Trout: Frank Sicilia
Underwater Still Images of Bull Trout: Aubree Benson
Aerial Images of Jocko River Floods: Les Evarts
Other Still Images: Eugene Beckes, Clint Muhlfeld, Adeleene Rockwell, Isaac Rockwell, and David Rockwell
Thanks to the Following Institutions for Permission to use Photos: Library of Congress; Montana Historical Society; Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane; Swan Ecosystem Center in Condon; Salish Kootenai College, D'Arcy McNickle Library; Salish-Pend d'Oreille Culture Committee; University of Montana; Washington State Historical Society