Our Mission
Engage the public in southern Selkirk resource and land management issues through cooperation, scientific inquiry, education and economic diversity.
Our Vision
The Selkirk Conservation Alliance is the leading and faithful advocate to all who live, love and benefit from Priest Lake and its surroundings. We are committed to understanding, supporting and protecting the environment and all living beings found here. We are dedicated to the educational programs and scientific research that support and maintain this rare and exceptional environment for future generations.
Latest News
The Priest River Watershed Group (PRWG) – Update
SCA is a participant on the Steering Committee of the newly formed (and long time coming) Priest River Watershed Group. The purpose of the PRWG…
Action Alert: Help Keep Priest Lake Blue!
Let your voices be heard! Tell Bonner County YOU DO NOT SUPPORT increased development densities and re-designations to Resort Recreation around Priest Lake! The Land…
SCA and other conservation groups submit Notice of Intent (NOI) to sue the USFS for disastrous Kaniksu Over-Snow Vehicle Travel Plan openings
A little over a year ago (8-23-23) SCA along with other conservation groups (WildEarth Guardians (“Guardians”), Inland Empire Task Force, the Alliance for the Wild…
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Who We Are
The Selkirk Conservation Alliance (SCA) is a 501(c)3 nonpartisan environmental nonprofit organization founded in 1986. SCA is one of north Idaho’s oldest environmental nonprofits and has been working to protect the land, air, forests, wetlands, wildlife and WATER of the lower Selkirk Mountains and Priest Lake Watershed (over 1.75 million acres) for the past 36 years.
Featured Project
Bear Awareness
The Selkirk Mountains is home to two species of bear, the black bear and the grizzly bear. Black bear populations within the Selkirk Mountains have been reported as being relatively high, and within the Priest Lake country may be the highest density population in the state of Idaho. The grizzly bear population is relatively low…