Coeur d’Alene Open House on Tuesday, September 10
September 6, 2024
Inland Northwest Land Conservancy will host an Open House at The Den on Tuesday, September 10th from 6-8 p.m. A formal presentation around 6:45 will showcase the Conservancy’s work in North Idaho and highlight a data-driven, nature-centric approach to conservation in the coming years. Guests are welcome to come and go as their schedule allows. Light refreshments and drinks will be provided. Staff and board members will be on hand to answer questions, get to know community members, and hear about what means most to North Idahoans when it comes to land, water, and the permanent protection of special places.
In 1997, Inland Northwest Land Conservancy completed its first conservation agreement with Wes and Gertie Hanson, owners of the Carder-Hanson preserve in Coeur d’Alene. Since then, the Conservancy team has worked to protect over 27,500 acres and 140 miles of shoreline. Of those, roughly 6,300 acres are in Kootenai County.
The projects represent beautiful and unique natural places that are home to forests, meadows, creeks, and rivers that help make up the mosaic unique to North Idaho. On the way to Silverwood, you can see permanently protected Cedar Mountain reaching above the skyline to the east. From Tubbs Hill, you can see Kidd Island Point to the southwest, protected forever thanks to a conservation agreement with the private landowner. A bike ride on the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes takes riders through several privately owned, permanently protected areas that are part of the restoration effort in the Coeur d’Alene Basin. Every day, 40 million gallons of water leave Hayden Lake near Honeysuckle Beach, and through gravels that will forever remain undeveloped because of a conservation partnership between the Conservancy and the private landowner. And these examples only scratch the surface of the projects that have been completed, supporting efforts to keep Idaho, Idaho.
In addition to offices in Spokane, the Conservancy’s North Idaho presence is headquartered in the Innovation Den at 421 E Lakeside Avenue in Coeur d’Alene. To learn more about INLC or visit with Conservancy staff, please visit InlandNWLand.org or email us at communications@inlandnwland.org.