Wildlife – Kootenai Environmental Alliance

Large development proposed in Hayden Lake

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 developments proposed in the county in over 10 [...]

By Dennis Brueggemann|2018-07-03T13:42:46-07:00July 7th, 2018|Community, Hayden Lake, KEA, Land Use, Water, Wildlife|0 Comments

Proposed Smelter in Newport, WA raising concerns in local communities

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 particulate matter. The smelter would be the 15th [...]

By Dennis Brueggemann|2018-03-13T16:09:37-07:00March 15th, 2018|blog, climate change, Community, Land Use, Water, Wildlife|0 Comments

The future of the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests

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 this important deadline, it is not your fault. Forest Supervisor Cheryl Probert has failed [...]

By Dennis Brueggemann|2018-02-16T09:24:36-07:00February 17th, 2018|blog, Forests, Land Use, Water, Wildlife|0 Comments

Contact your Senators Now!

For 100 years, federal tax policy has incentivized the giving spirit. It has also empowered our crucial work. The goal of simplifying the tax code and making it easier for Americans to file their taxes is admirable, but the collateral damage this simplification would cause comes at too great a cost. According to Republican estimates, [...]

By Dennis Brueggemann|2017-11-30T10:23:37-07:00November 30th, 2017|blog, climate change, Community, Forests, KEA, Water, Wildlife|0 Comments

Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 (HR 2936)

It’s bad enough that industrial logging can occur on 250 acres of public land, and be excluded from routine environmental review. This includes limited opportunity for public involvement. The Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 (HR 2936) would drastically increase this scenario, and allow 10,000 acres of public land to be logged without the necessary [...]

By Dennis Brueggemann|2017-11-28T17:42:40-07:00November 29th, 2017|blog, climate change, Forests, KEA, Land Use, Water, Wildlife|0 Comments

Time to pull out the pen and paper and let your voice be heard

Bills to Oppose Water Bills to Oppose HR 3043-passed House The Hydropower Policy Modernization Act, would make the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) the lead agency for all federal authorities related to dams including The Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, and National Environmental Policy Act. It gives unprecedented power to FERC to set [...]

By Dennis Brueggemann|2017-11-10T16:02:56-07:00November 11th, 2017|blog, Community, Forests, KEA, Water, Wildlife|0 Comments

Bill H.R. 3043

Bill H.R. 3043 is scheduled to go to the house floor next week. This bill is a devastating assault on our nation’s rivers and the people and wildlife that depend upon them. Its passage would end 95 years of balance in the hydropower licensing, tipping the scales again taxpayers in favor of big utilities. No [...]

By Dennis Brueggemann|2017-11-03T14:14:58-07:00November 4th, 2017|blog, Community, KEA, Water, Wildlife|0 Comments

Washington Wildlife Agency to Gun Down Wolves

OLYMPIA, Wash.— The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife on Thursday announced it will kill members of the Smackout wolf pack after confirmation that a calf was injured by one or more wolves on public grazing land in Stevens County on July 18. The kill operation will likely result in the deaths of the 3-month-old wolf pups from this [...]

By Dennis Brueggemann|2017-07-28T08:41:54-07:00July 28th, 2017|blog, Wildlife|0 Comments

LCDA Waterkeeper Osprey identification and signage with Dr. Melquist

Dr. Wayne Melquist, joined the Lake Coeur d' Alene Waterkeeper volunteers Friday June 30 on the Waterkeeper Boat. They identified Osprey nests on the lake around the Cougar Bay area. Dr. Melquist and Waterkeeper volunteers identified the nests with 2 aluminum signs at entry-ways to Cougar Bay and 5 corrugated signs on occupied osprey nest pilings. [...]

By Dennis Brueggemann|2017-07-12T16:08:54-07:00July 14th, 2017|blog, Save Cougar Bay, Water, Wildlife|0 Comments

Osprey Tour planned for July 15th

The Osprey is a fish-eating hawk commonly seen in northern Idaho. At least 100 pairs nest annually in the Coeur d’Alene Lake region including the lower reaches of the St. Joe and Coeur d’Alene Rivers. Adult Osprey along with the young of the year birds begin their annual southward migration in mid-September, traveling all the [...]

By Dennis Brueggemann|2017-06-20T11:32:25-07:00June 22nd, 2017|blog, KEA, Save Cougar Bay, Wildlife|0 Comments

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