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 allies fight to protect the critical habitat Threatened wolverines need just to keep on existing in the lower 48!
Working to protect and conserve the LAST 300 North American Wolverine’s in the lower 48!! In October 2025, Selkirk Conservation Alliance, WildEarth Guardians, Friends of…
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…
Upcoming Events
CELEBASIN – SCA Full Member Meeting
Please mark your calendar for the SCA Full Member Meeting, “CELEBASIN,” taking place on Thursday, July 23rd at the Tanglefoot Seaplane Base on Priest Lake….
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 Remote Camera Projects
The SCA was able to purchase 7 remote motion sensing cameras to use on various projects around the Selkirks through a Defenders of Wildlife grant. Cameras have or are being used to capture encroachments of critical habitats in non-motorized areas, to document the variety and abundance of wildlife in these areas, and to document recreational…