Upcoming events

  • Twenty Years of Working for Wilderness with FSPW Executive Director Phil Hough

    Saturday, April 26
    10:00 AM
    Coffee, snacks and socializing at 9:30

    The Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness started out in January  2005, with a vision: to preserve the Scotchman Peaks as a congressionally designated Wilderness area. After two decades of outreach, education, stewardship and advocacy our programs have grown and evolved.

    Our trail projects keep trails open. Our trail ambassadors keep hikers safe and mountain goats wild. Our Winter Tracks youth education teaches hundreds of school kids about the natural world around them. Our hikes get people of all ages out into wild inspiring places. Collectively our programs impact thousands of people’s lives. They are supported by thousands of volunteer hours every year.

    Twenty years may seem like a long time. Designating wilderness takes a long time; being good stewards of wild places never ends.

    Location: Sandpoint Community Hall, 204 S. 1st Ave, Sandpoint, ID

    Price: Free

  • Collaborative Approach to Restoring Forest Health and Fire Regimes with Adam Gebauer, Public Lands Program Director for The Lands Council, Spokane

    Saturday, May 17
    10:00 AM
    Coffee, snacks and socializing at 9:30

    The Lands Council has been working on forest conservation in the Inland Northwest for 40 years. In that time TLC has been a leader in working collaboratively to protect habitat, support rural economies, and manage our forest for future generations. This has increasingly led to focusing on wildfire - its ecological role in these forests and its impact on the built environment. TLC is working to increase the capacity and pace of prescribed fire on the landscape particularly in the wildland urban interface.   This is a collaborative effort that involves public land managers, tribes, private landowners, and the general public to engage with across boundaries.

    Adam Gebauer is the Public Lands Program Director for The Lands Council. He has a BS in Wildlife Management and a MS in Biology focusing on plant ecology. Previous to his work with The Lands Council he was a contract biologist for the Upper Columbia United Tribes working on forestry and wildlife habitat projects. 

    Location: Saturday, May 27, at 10 am at the East Bonner County Library

  • KNPS Annual Native Plant Sale June 7

    More details soon on the Sale. Stay tuned!

  • Native Garden at the Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center June 21

    Tour the new organic plant plot at SOAC funded by the KNPS Lois Wythe Grant.
    Annual meeting.
    Will be held at the SOAC. More details to follow.