Hey kids! Still looking for something interesting to do this summer? We’ve got a summer job for you. Our project grant for the summer just arrived and we need one or two summer students to do some specific research on one of the most important water quality concerns in our region. Now that our funding is here, we are hiring ASAP. Although we’re not paying more »
Hey law students! Still looking for something interesting to do this summer? We’ve got a job for you. We were just awarded a project grant for the summer and we need one or two law students to do some specific research and writing for the project. It is, of course, related to our never-ending efforts to protect North Idaho’s environment. Although we’re not paying very more »
Intern Kayla Baker reports on the excellent IdaH2O Master Water Steward program she attended last month. Programs like these (including forestry and master gardening) at the University of Idaho Extension could be threatened in the Kootenai County budget process. The IdaH2O Master Water Steward Program, offered by the University of Idaho Extension, is only a year old but shows promise in educating North Idaho citizens more »
The best part about summers at KEA? Probably the nice weather in North Idaho. Second best? Interns! Meet Kayla Baker and Trevor Frank — this summer’s interns in the office at KEA. Kayla joins us from North Idaho College where she is currently studying zoology with an eye toward a career in wildlife conservation. Now, though, she’s helping us with pretty much anything and everything that more »
It is almost the summer intern season, and we’re looking for a few good ones to help us out this year. More specifically, we are looking for motivated, reliable, and energetic summer interns who would like to gain hands-on experience with community outreach, marketing, non-profit events, and conservation research and advocacy. The internships would be unpaid, but we will provide a great summer experience, a more »
This week, the Kootenai County Planning Commission will consider two draft amendments to the county’s site disturbance ordinance. One draft, submitted by County staff, would add variance and appeal procedures to the ordinance. Another, submitted by a local planning and development firm, would create several potentially broad new exceptions to the ordinance. The site disturbance ordinance, of course, provides detailed regulation on how a property can more »
