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Posted in: blog
Tuesday
1st
Nov
2011

Basin Commission to Consider Lower Basin Collaboration

As the cleanup of mine waste contamination in the Coeur d’Alene River basin moves ever-so-slowly downstream, government agencies are beginning to prepare. Studies are being done, computer models assembled, and basic data gathering is well underway. In response, some citizens are also coming together to make sure that community input is not forgotten. At an initial exploratory meeting October 18th, community members and agency officials more »

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Posted in: blog
Monday
10th
Oct
2011

Having a Say in Superfund: The Lower Basin Collaborative

Superfund cleanup isn’t limited to the Silver Valley. The Coeur d’Alene River, the chain lakes and wetlands from Cataldo to Harrison are contaminated with heavy metals from the last century of mining upstream. Every flood season, another layer of contamination is deposited throughout the drainage. The EPA, charged with the cleanup responsibilities, is in the process of finalizing a controversial plan for the upper basin, but more »

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Posted in: blog, Forests
Monday
19th
Jul
2010

IPNF Responds to KEA Letter and Promises Monitoring Reports

Just back from vacation in the pine-beetle-ravaged Colorado mountains, I was pleased to see the letter (reproduced below) from Idaho Panhandle National Forest Supervisor Ranotta McNair regarding KEA’s request for long-overdue monitoring reports. The annual reports, required under several provisions of federal law, have not been produced since 2007.  McNair explains that Recovery Act projects have taken USFS staff away from the reporting requirements, but more »

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Posted in: blog
Wednesday
16th
Jun
2010

Gov. Otter Says No to Wilderness? Or No to Collaboration?

We were pleased to have the opportunity to watch today’s live webcast of the U.S. Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests hearing today regarding the Boulder-White Cloud bill which would bring new wilderness to central Idaho. In a press release issued after the hearing, Idaho Conservation League noted that “the legislation will protect as wilderness 332,775 acres in the Boulder more »

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Posted in: blog
Monday
26th
Apr
2010

What We’re Reading — Northern Rockies Wilderness Edition

Our friends at Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness are ramping up their efforts to get commitments for wilderness designation for some of North Idaho’s best landscape.  The idea has been around for a long time, and we agree that it’s about time that we see some movement. Indeed, here in the KEA offices, we just came across an old fact sheet about Scotchman Peaks describing an early proposal.  more »

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Posted in: blog, Forests
Friday
20th
Nov
2009

Scotchman Peaks and the Panhandle Collaborative

At their excellent website, the Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness have an interesting and optimistic glass-half-full take on the recent convening of a “Panhandle Collaborative” to discuss lands and forestry issues in our northern region. The brainchild of Congressman Walt Minnick, the collaborative will attempt, maybe, to sort through the many issues with many stakeholders to come up with some way forward on wilderness, more »

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