WildCrafting Winter 2019
Thursday, 14 February 2019
We will be offering two five-week sessions of WildCrafting again this winter. Session One will take place January 15 – February 13, and Session Two will take place February 26 – March 27. Classes will be offered on Tuesday from 3:00 – 4:30 pm and on Wednesday from 2:00 – 3:30 pm. Classes are held
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Ties to the Land Workshop
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
Join Kaniksu Land Trust and Montana State University Extension Services for the award-winning “Ties to the Land” Workshop. This guided discussion will help you and your family begin to discuss succession planning- the human side of estate planning—focusing on ways to maintain family ties to the land from generation to generation, building awareness of key
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WildCrafting Fall 2018
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
We will be offering two five-week sessions of WildCrafting this fall. Session One will take place October 1-30, and Session Two will take place November 12 – December 11. Classes will be offered on either Monday or Tuesday from 3:00 – 4:30 pm. Classes are held in the Winter Ridge Education Building, located next to
SquatchFest
Monday, 17 September 2018
Join us on October 6 for a celebration and benefit for Pine Street Woods. There will be food trucks, live music by Harold’s IGA and BareGrass, great raffle prizes, a beer and wine garden, activities for the kids and much more! Come show your support for Pine Street Woods: Home of the Sasquatch? October 6,
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Camp Kaniksu 2018
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
I’ve come to believe that given enough time and an encouraging adult, any child will come to love nature. There are some like my nieces, Nala and Nishta, who need no convincing and are up for any adventure outside. Others who have grown up with less outdoor time and more screen time take more encouraging
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MCC at Judy’s Place
Tuesday, 17 July 2018
Over the last year KLT has been working to complete access improvements at “Judy’s Place” at 75 acre preserve near Clark Fork that was acquired through grant funding in 2016 to protect important wildlife habitat and provide a place for school groups and the general public to engage with the natural world. A new parking lot has been built and
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Cinco de Mayo
Monday, 02 April 2018
Save the date for Leadership Sandpoint’s Cinco de Mayo fundraising event, held on May 5th, 4:30 – 8:30 pm at Trinity at City Beach. Proceeds benefit Kaniksu Land Trust’s Pine Street Woods and Angels Over Sandpoint. Lots of fun to be had: live music, auction, raffles, taco bar games and drinks! Looking forward to see
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Friday Night Pints
Monday, 02 April 2018
Join us on April 13 at the 219 Lounge for Friday Night Pints to support Kaniksu Land Trust! $1 of each featured beer sold will be donated to KLT, so come down, have a beer or two and support our work to provide places to play outside! A huge thank you to Ninkasi Brewing Company
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Spring WildCrafting
Monday, 12 March 2018
WildCrafting is a KLT out-of-school program that engages kids to be creative using natural materials and simple hand tools. During the winter, time spent out in nature decreases for many kids so we bring a little nature to them. This comes in the form of birch bark, ocean spray shoots, red osier, dogbane, salmon skins,
Osprey of North Idaho
Monday, 12 March 2018
Join us for a presentation by Dr. Wayne Melquist, who has studied osprey in our region for decades, who will be speaking on the natural history of this iconic bird and future challenges related to its conservation. Wayne’s talk will cover the general ecology of the osprey, ospreys in Idaho and factors that have affected the birds,
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Beavers
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
Have you ever been surprised by a giant, nocturnal, water-dwelling rodent while out exploring the woods? One with webbed feet and self-sharpening teeth akin to miniature chainsaws? -Its not a sci-fi monster, but rather our very own North American Beaver. On a site visit to one of KLT’s easements in October, Land Conservation Specialist Regan
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Snow Camp
Tuesday, 16 January 2018
Sixteen smiling faces eagerly inhaled the cold crisp air of the new year as Cami, Topher and I embarked on a 3-day snow camp in early January. There was a lot of pent up energy in the group as we made our way across the U of I landscape in to the forest. Kids tumbled
