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Mission Statement Idaho's oldest non-profit environmental organization
OUR MISSION
To conserve, protect and restore the environment,
with particular emphasis on the Idaho Panhandle and the Coeur d'Alene Basin.
The Kootenai Environmental Alliance (KEA) is one of the oldest membership-supported, non-profit conservation groups in Idaho. It has been working to protect and restore the environment of the Coeur d'Alene River Basin and the Idaho Panhandle since 1972.
The KEA is based in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, in Kootenai County. Kootenai County is home to some of Idaho's biggest mining corporations, and the Idaho Panhandle National Forests, one of the largest timber-producing forests east of Washington's Cascade Mountains.
The organization was founded by former Idaho State Senators Art Manley and Mary Lou Reed, nationally renowned environmental attorney Scott Reed, and representatives from several local and regional sporting organizations. It was created in response to the extensive environmental degradation promulgated in the Idaho Panhandle by timber and mining interests, land developers, and the Forest Service.
We believe an informed public is essential to safeguarding the environment. To that end, we have held public meetings almost every week for 30 years to provide the public an opportunity to hear experts, political candidates and address local, regional and national environmental issues. We currently hold noon meetings at the Ironhorse Restaurant the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month, running September through June. Check our home page for information on upcoming meetings, or call the office at 667-9093, or email kea at kealliance.org.