Join Kaniksu Land Trust on June 5 for a fundraiser to benefit youth education programs at Pine Street Woods. You’ll learn more about KLT’s current education programs, as well as the exciting new programs which will take place at Pine Street Woods. We’ll have a variety “seats” up for auction, including a scenic flight in

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

Join KLT, Idaho Conservation League and American Heritage Wildlife Foundation for an evening of wildlife photography with Jerry L. Ferrara.  February 22, at 3:00 and 6:00 pm, Panida’s Little Theater. Tickets are $5 each, and can be purchased using the form below. For over forty years, professional wildlife and nature photographer, Jerry Ferrara, has explored

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

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

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

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,

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,

The idea for a WildCrafting club began when I started working with some teenagers and experienced how few of them had ever handled any tools or spent time in creating things with natural materials. I followed my instincts believing that an experience of regularly learning and being trusted with the use of tools would be

The idea for KLT’s WildCrafting program began as a slow seed taking time to germinate and grow. While working at a boarding school,  I began to see the value in getting teenagers to work with their hands creating things.  Many times I had students look questioningly at me when I offered them a chance to

The summer flew by in a wonderful kaleidoscope of sounds, smells, texture: bird calls, giggles, wet grass, cottonwood sap, oozing mud, smooth bark, and clear refreshing water.  Each day a different adventure around the wheel, the book of nature, opening up mysteries and making them touchable, tangible, real.  This was my childhood and now I

An Out-of-School Program with Outdoor Educational Specialist Dave Kretzschmar Wildcrafting session 1 begins Monday, Sept. 11th at the Winter Ridge Educational building. Cost per 4-week session is $20, scholarships are available and one can sign up for a maximum of two sessions this fall. Mondays and Tuesdays 3:00-4:00 pm- ages 8-12 (12 participants max) 4:00-5:30 pm- 13-18 (12 participants max) Location: Winter Ridge Educational Building, Sandpoint Cost:$20 per session (scholarships available)