Land Use | Kootenai Environmental Alliance

Help protect Wolf Lodge Bay and Mineral Ridge!

by Kari Anderson | May 13, 2019 | Land Use

A proposed commercial rezoning at Lake Coeur d’Alene’s Wolf Lodge Bay and Mineral Ridge would allow an industrial operation along the lakeshore, potentially threatening the Bald eagle kokanee salmon feeding site and critical wetlands, and disturbing...

Fernan Restoration: The next phase

by Kari Anderson | Sep 3, 2018 | Land Use

Kootenai Environmental Alliance (KEA) will be continuing its efforts to reduce phosphorus entering Fernan Lake with a demonstration restoration project. KEA will be working with East Side Highway District and Architects West to restore 300 feet of shoreline. It has...

Large development proposed in Hayden Lake

by Kari Anderson | Jul 7, 2018 | Community, Land Use, Water, Wildlife

A large development called English Point Heights is being proposed with 155 homes just 1,000 feet from the shoreline of Hayden Lake. The development will be at the corner of Lancaster and Hayden Lake Roads on a steep clay-base hill. This is one of the largest rural...

Forest Collaboration is Consuming the Public ‘s Forests

by Kari Anderson | Mar 19, 2018 | Forests, KEA News, Land Use

Citizens are speaking out in support of our nation’s conservation laws that protect National Forests. Efforts to circumvent those laws by self-styled collaborative groups, who are holding a conference in Coeur d’Alene today, threaten to take the public’s voice out of...

Proposed Smelter in Newport, WA raising concerns in local communities

by Kari Anderson | Mar 15, 2018 | Community, KEA News, Land Use, Water, Wildlife

A Canadian Company Called HiTest Sand is proposing to build a smelter in Newport Washington. The proposed smelter will discharge up to 700 tons per year of nitrogen oxide, 601 tons of carbon monoxide and 760 tons of sulfur dioxide, along with 111 tons per year of...

The future of the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests

by Kari Anderson | Feb 17, 2018 | Forests, KEA News, Land Use, Water, Wildlife

The Forest Service is currently seeking public comments regarding the development of alternatives for the Forest Plan Revision on the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests. The deadline is February 28. If you don’t understand forest planning, or if you were unaware of...

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