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Zoom: Climate, Fire, and Forest Resiliency
What’s wildfire to you? Choking smoke, blackened trees, charred earth, burned homes? All true. But there can also be numerous benefits to nature and people, particularly with carefully planned burns.
At the Conservancy’s latest Zoom with a View on July 15, “Climate, Fire, and Forest Resiliency,” Ray Entz explained the positive aspects...
Imagine the days when thousands of birds would fly up the Spokane River Corridor, circle the thousand-acre Saltese Flat marshes, and settle in for a spring feast during their great migrations.
That scenario dwindled abruptly over a century ago, but the future looks promising indeed for its return. In the June 23rd “Zoom with a View: Saltese Flats Restoration with Ducks Unlimited,” Chris Bonsignore,...
On Thursday, June 25, Inland Northwest Land Conservancy teamed up with the Friends of Tubbs Hill and the City of Coeur d’Alene Parks Department staff to do restoration and repair on the east side of Tubbs Hill near the 11th Street Marina parking area. The day started at 7:30 AM with the Parks Department staff using chainsaws to fell dead trees, used later in the day by volunteers to close off dan...
Zoom: Bring Back the Salmon!
The Conservancy’s second “Zoom with a View” presentation (video conference) on June 2nd, “Inland Northwest Salmon,” featured an important collaboration between the Spokane Tribe of Indians and INLC. Conor Giorgi, fish biologist with the Spokane Tribe, explained a ground-breaking program to re-introduce salmon, and the Conservancy’s Todd Dunfield detailed an important po...
Carol Corbin joined the Conservancy team in February 2020. Although she grew up in Pennsylvania less than a mile from the Appalachian Trail, for the last 12 years she worked in Spokane for REI, most recently as an outdoor program coordinator. She has also served on the Dishman Hills Conservancy board and volunteered with Evergreen East Mountain Bike Alliance.
Carol strives to...
The Conservancy is fortunate to welcome new board member Dr. Vange Ocasio Hochheimer. An Economics professor at Whitworth University, Vange brings highly appreciated skills to INLC, particularly since her passion is sustainable development and promoting the three pillars of sustainability: environment, people, and economy.
While access to the outdoors is universally recognized fo...
It is hard to imagine a more idyllic wildlife refuge than the Sprow Family Preserve. It supports moose, elk, and deer browsing in the underbrush; Bald Eagles, butterflies, and songbirds flying overhead; Great Horned Owls perched in the forest canopy; and Great Blue Herons feeding in the ponds. There are ponderosa pines that are up to 120 years old, and colorful wildflowers such as showy phlox, sho...
The new Enhanced Stewardship Program has three main goals: build landscape knowledge, combat climate change with hard science, and serve our community through on-the-ground projects and education. In addition to more frequent work parties, INLC will be rolling out two new programs that meet the third, education and project-oriented goal.
Starting in March 2020, INLC will be hosting Fi...