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
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…
Priest River Conservation Mitigation Alternatives Position Statement
The Selkirk Conservation Alliance (SCA) is committed to understanding, supporting, and protecting the southern Selkirk environment through cooperation, scientific inquiry, education, and economic diversity. We…
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…
Upcoming Events
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
Selkirk Timber Sale and Post Fire Monitoring
The SCA and many of its member activists closely monitor timber sales within our Advocacy Area (see map under About Us tab). Over our nearly 30 years of advocacy history, the SCA has worked with local foresters, and at times challenged state and federal agencies, to make sure that impacts from timber harvest on wildlife,…