Keeping the Wild in the Selkirk Ecosystem
Arboreal Lichen Collections Have Been Temporarily Suspended! Unless the Canadian Government makes a decision to augment the southern Selkirk Herd with a bull from another area, our remaining two cows will not be pregnant, so a spring penning will not occur. We will announce here and on Facebook if/when these collections resume. You can also email us at SCA@SCAWILD.ORG to be added to …
Aquatic Vegetation Update: James Lea, SCA Board Member In the fall 2016 SCA newsletter I had written an article discussing the excessive aquatic vegetation growth along our shorelines in Kalispell Bay and its attendant adverse economic impact. During the summer of 2017, we decided to do something about it. Professor Jan Boll and I conducted a preliminary study of aquatic vegetation …
SCA Members learn more about invasive/noxious species in our bi-annual newsletter, Sightlines. Periodically, we’ll share these updates on our website as well. If you have a species you’d like to know more about, please email us at SCA@SCAWILD.ORG and we’ll consider it for an upcoming newsletter. SPOTTED KNAPWEED ‘Garden Thugs’ aka Purple Loosestrife …
View film of the Last Log Drive on the Priest River, courtesy of the Bond family. Part 1: Part 2: Part 3:
Select the following link to see the Draft Management Plan and add your comments if desired. http://restoringthekootenai.org/OtherFWProjects/Caribou/
The SCA is involved in several projects which directly aid our endangered species. In particular, we help the small remaining populations of grizzly bears and caribou, unique to the Selkirk ecosystem. Grizzly Bears Grizzly bears originally ranged throughout most of western North America, but began disappearing from many western states to where only a few hundred grizzly bears remained south …
Stop by and say hello this Saturday, May 29 and Sunday, May 30 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at our booth in front of the Coolin Civic Center during the Coolin – Priest River Spring Festival in Coolin. Click here for more info on the Festival
CALL OUT TO VOLUNTEERS for Coolin BioBlitz! Saturday, June 5th from 10 AM to 1 PM .