Big Wild Bi-Weekly June 23, 2010

Dear Wildland Lovers,

This short letter is to inform you of what is happening in the wildlands community over the next couple days. This Saturday June 26th and Sunday June 27th, the Idaho Native Plant Society and Friends of the Clearwater are co-sponsoring a summer workshop to the 49 Meadows area of the Big Wild. Please join us as University of Idaho professor emeritus Dr. Fred Rabe leads us into the field to explore peatland ecosystems and their unique plant and aquatic insect communities. We will be carpooling from the Rosaeur's parking lot at 7:30am Saturday and returning late Sunday afternoon. All participants are responsible for personal food and camping gear. The event is free to the public.

On Monday June 28th and Tuesday June 29th there will be an opportunity for you to attend a public meeting(s) in Moscow, Lewiston, and/or Kooskia concerning the ExxonMobil Tar Sands oil processing modules being trucked up U.S. Route 12. Because there has not been any opportunity for public involvement on this issue, it is critical that the public try to attend at least one of these meetings. Please use this link to learn more about the urgency of these meetings and the fast approaching deadline for written comments to the Idaho Transportation Department:

http://www.friendsoftheclearwater.org/node/946

Please call (208) 882-9755 for questions concerning either event.

For the Wild,

Brett