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junk2funk 2019
FEATURED UPCOMING EVENTS
KEA WATERKEEPER ENVIRONMENTAL BOAT TOURS
These are 2.5-hour pontoon boat tours on beautiful Lake Coeur d Alene. Book early they fill up fast
10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Remaining Dates 2019
September 19
September 21
September 26
KEA ALLIANCE SPEAKER SERIES
Come hear from interesting people while enjoying some snacks and beverages! First Thursday of the month from 4-5PM.
October 3rd: Lake City Bicycle Collective, Tom and Jamie Morgan
November 7th: We the People of CDA, Terry Godbout
JUNK2FUNK 11TH ANNUAL TRASHION SHOW
Artists will demonstrate their creative abilities on the runway by turning junk and recycled materials into fabulously fun designer outfits.
October 12th, 2019
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Eagles Downtown Coeur d'Alene
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Kona Cruiser Bike Raffle
Get your raffle tickets for this Kona Cruiser! $1 Each or 6 for $5.
Fernan Restoration Clean Up August 2019
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Bridge expansion project given the go ahead, now what?
WORD FROM UP NORTH: We have finally received word from the Coast Guard concerning the BNSF rail expansion project. We are sad to report that their decision was not in the direction we had been hoping for, which was to perform an Environmental Impact Statement. Unfortunately, they have decided to issue the Final Environmental Assessment […]
Advisory for Twin Lakes September 2nd 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PHD Contact: Katherine Hoyer August 28, 2019 (208) 415-5108 DEQ Contact: Robert Steed (208) 769-1422 Health Advisory Extended to Upper Twin Lake KOOTENAI CO., ID — Panhandle Health District (PHD) and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has issued a health advisory for Upper Twin Lake. The health advisory for Lower […]
What Happens When We Kill All the Bees?
From the Center for Biological Diversity: Did you know that bees pollinate 1 out of every 3 bites of food that we eat? We clearly owe a lot to our pollinator friends, and now they urgently need our help. Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency just approved an enormous expansion of the use of the bee-killing pesticide […]
The Amazon Rainforest Is On Fire and Barely Makes the News
The Amazon rainforest is an ecological marvel. It’s twice the size of India, according to the World Wildlife Fund, and it’s the largest remaining tropical rainforest in the world. It’s home to at least 10% of the world’s biodiversity, produces 20% of the world’s oxygen and helps regulate the temperature of the whole planet. Read more here: https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/22/world/amazon-rainforest-environment-fire-trnd/index.html […]
Of The World’s New Oil and Gas Production 61% Will Come From the US
The sheer scale of this new production dwarfs that of every other country in the world and would spell disaster for the world’s ambitions to curb climate change – the effects of which we’re already witnessing through massive heatwaves, flooding, and extreme weather. Read more here: https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/oil-gas-and-mining/us-set-to-drown-world-oil/
July Was The Warmest Month on Record For The Globe
The global land and ocean surface temperature departure from average for July 2019 was the highest for the month of July, making it the warmest month overall in the 140-year NOAA global temperature dataset record, which dates back to 1880. The year-to-date temperature for 2019 tied with 2017 as the second warmest January–July on record. […]
EPA Is Eroding States’ Authority to Protect Waters from Unchecked Development
You should not dive into a pool before checking if it is filled with water. States should not make a CWA §401 permit granting decision before they have all of the relevant facts. The EPA disagrees. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released a guidance document outlining certain Clean Water Act (CWA) timelines and requirements […]
US Forest Service Plans to Limit the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Process
Almost anytime there’s a chance for you to weigh in with land managers about an important decision—from trying to fight off mining in the headwaters of the Boundary Waters to the creation of a new management plan for your local National Forest—that opportunity exists because of a law called the National Environmental Policy Act, or […]
Humanity’s Ecological Footprint contracted between 2014-2016
The 2019 edition of the National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts tracks the Ecological Footprint and biocapacity of all countries, using U.N. data, from 1961 to 2016. This is two years further than last year’s edition since U.N. data is becoming available more rapidly. One finding is that humanity’s carbon Footprint dropped 1.4 percent between 2014 […]
Cyanobacteria Bloom on Fernan Lake July 2019
Fernan Lake Health Advisory Fernan Lake is experiencing cyanobacteria bloom dominated by Gloeotrichia sp. and Woronichinia sp. that has had consistent scum formation at the east side boat ramp (opposite end of the lake from Fernan Village). These scums should be avoided. The rest of the lake hasvisible cyanobacterial colonies that the lab identified as […]
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