Events
Over the years, KEA has hosted a variety of bi-weekly, seasonal, and annual events. We're currently rebuilding our event calendar, and look forward to bringing more unique and inspiring environmental based events to our community.
Monthly Events
June 2026 EVENTS & Opportunities
Please join Kootenai Environmental Alliance & Sierra Club’s Spokane River-Lake Coeur d’Alene Team on June 13 for a Historical Watershed Tour, starting at the birthplace of the Spokane River at Lake Coeur d’Alene and ending at the Cataldo Mission.
Some of the West’s most important historical events happened here in our home watershed. You’ll hear the stories and learn about what you can do to help with restoring our lake and rivers to health.
The Day:
8:30am Welcome, housekeeping
9-10am Coeur d’Alene Tribe representative: lake history and current issues (Cedar’s Restaurant parking lot).
11-12:30 BEIPC (Basin Environmental Improvement Project Commission) representative: mining pollution and cleanup at Burke, followed by a completed cleanup project at Nine Mile.
1-2pm Brown bag lunch in Smelterville Park; Dr. Osborn on baghouse fire and lead poisoning, followed by Panhandle Health District on lead testing.
2:30-3:30pm Cataldo Mission: Janet Torline on forestry issues, followed by The Rev Tom Soeldner on ethics.
What to bring: a sack lunch (we’ll have lunch at Smelterville’s public park), drinking water, comfortable walking shoes, and appropriate clothing for the day’s weather. We will travel by carpool.
Your Homework:
Our 7-8 hours together on June 13th will be more meaningful if you make the time to watch the slide program (below) first. Slides are best viewed on a desktop computer or laptop using Chrome or Firefox. Covering 10,000 years of watershed history takes time, so give yourself about an hour.
Our public lands and trails are our responsibility.
Our friends at the Idaho Trails Association have several opportunities to help clear and restore trails within the Panhandle.
Options range from easy to more difficult, from one day to many.
Make sure to check out their project schedule and get some trail work on your calendar. It's a great way to meet new people in beautiful surroundings while doing valuable work.
The CDA National Forest Service Nursery has openings for many volunteers this month. If you are available to help with any of the following tasks, please contact the appropriate person to coordinate.
Conifer Seed Cleaning by hand - [email protected] and [email protected]
Weeding in the Greenhouses - [email protected]
Helping with pruning the orchards. (This is more physical, involving a lot of reaching, bending, and lifting)- [email protected]
Annual Events
North Idaho Green Summit
The first North Idaho Green Summit was hosted in the spring of 2024. The goal of the summit is to bring together community members together to share information, insights and dialogue regarding regional environmental issues.
It's a great opportunity to connect with other like minded individuals to discuss ideas and opportunities for local advocacy.
Earth Day Celebration
Our operating policy is to observe Earth Day every day, but we certainly appreciate the opportunity to make it special within our community once a year.
We love joining efforts with the CDA Library to provide a diverse, educational, and inspiring Earth Day Celebration that recognizes the connection of all living things and showcases ongoing environmental possibilities and needs within our region and globe.
Junk 2 Funk
Junk 2 Funk is a lively evening full of creative flair and one of KEA's longest-running, annual fundraising events. It's is a runway "trashion" show where all of the outfits must be made of at least 80% garbage.
Artists young and old flex their imagination and spunk as they design one-of-a-kind "trashy" fashion, and strut the catwalk in environmental style.
Green Screen Series
Join us November - April for the Green Screen Series & Eco Film Forum, a thought-provoking and audience-engaging event series hosted by Kootenai Environmental Alliance and the CDA Library.
Each month, we're sharing an environmentally focused film to provide insight and spark a conversation about how to approach these topics locally.
Films and discussions will take place in the Coeur d'Alene Library Community Room, from 2 - 4pm.
Opportunities to Get Involved
