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 Can With USCAN – U. S. Climate Action Network
By Pam Duquette Another “feather” in SCA’s cap and a beneficial partnership was formed this year as we were welcomed as a new member to…
WETLAND DATA INACCURATE FOR 59 (at least) SITES IN NORTHERN IDAHO!!!!
Coolin-Chase Lake Wetland development – Update As most of you know, in April of 2021 a 65 acre parcel in the heart of the Coolin…
Upcoming Events
Priest River Workgroup
Speaker Series This talk will focus on temperature monitoring on Priest River. Join us at the Priest River Library.
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 Grizzly Bears
The Selkirk grizzly bear recovery zone is the only one of the six recovery zones. 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 of Canada, by the 1970’s. The grizzly bear was federally listed as a…