Nez Perce, Idle No More, WIRT, and allied activists are gratefully anticipating hearing and sharing tribal activists’ insights at a gathering at Lapwai City Park in Lapwai, Idaho. The 6 pm meeting on Tuesday, September 3, may be moved indoors to the nearby Pi-Nee-Waus Community Center if it rains. Listen to the following KRFP interview of tribal activist Julian Matthews by citizen journalist Brett Haverstick, describing the last (first) such convergence.
https://www.facebook.com/events/237676256379693/
KRFP Report from Last Meeting
Nez Perce Hold Community Meeting in Lapwai City Park on Megaloads (August 21 KRFP Evening Report, between 11:41 and 3:14)
http://radiofreemoscow.org/2013/08/20130821/
At the next, first Wednesday of every month Liquid Forum, activists of WIRT‘s partner grassroots group, Idaho Residents Against Gas Extraction (IRAGE), will describe what is happening with and how citizens are fighting oil and gas drilling and looming fracking in Payette County. Deserving much more public attention, these processes threaten land, water, residents, agriculture, dairies, and sustainability in Idaho. Please join the discussion and enjoy music by Breakdown Boulevard (as experienced at the Community Progressive III), between 5:30 and 7:30 pm MDT on Wednesday, September 4, at the restaurant/bar Liquid, 405 South Eighth Street in Boise, Idaho.
https://www.facebook.com/events/323031004501173/
FROM WIRT: In solidarity with Nez Perce megaload blockaders, carpools are departing the WIRT Activist House at 8 am on Monday, September 9, with stops through the reservation, to rally outside and pack the 4 pm Boise federal court hearing seeking a megaload injunction. Advocates for the West will present oral arguments for suspending Idaho Transportation Department permits for Highway 12 megaloads until the Forest Service completes its megaload impact study. After the Nez Perce Tribe and Idaho Rivers United (IRU) versus the U.S. Forest Service case hearing, IRU is hosting a gathering of anti-megaload activists that evening, before we return to north central Idaho. Please contact IRU at 208-343-7481 or info@idahorivers.org if you can attend the party and call 208-301-8039 if you plan to carpool from the Moscow area. The following article and alert describe new developments in this lawsuit.
Check out the Wisescape exhibit and other conservation information at the exhibit booth! The City will be at the Latah County Fairgrounds to answer questions, provide literature and show off the latest water saving programs.
Check out the Wisescape exhibit and other conservation information at the exhibit booth! The City will be at the Latah County Fairgrounds to answer questions, provide literature and show off the latest water saving programs.
Join us for a dance party featuring Henry C. and the Willards to help PCEI break in and support the new Nancy Taylor Memorial Pavilion. Donations collected that evening will go support the completion of the Nancy Taylor Memorial Pavilion at the PCEI Nature Center.
Check out the Wisescape exhibit and other conservation information at the exhibit booth! The City will be at the Latah County Fairgrounds to answer questions, provide literature and show off the latest water saving programs.
Agenda items include deciding on support for the Nez Perce benefit concert. Schedule date for Sustainable Energy presentation – Graham Stevens. What other agenda items are there?
Meeting will be followed by discussion of plans for a presentation on this year’s trip to the Healing Walk. Pat Rathmann, Anne Remaley and Pat Fuerst.
The City of Moscow and Avista are hosting a free admission showing of Liquid Assets from 5:30pm–8:00pm. This 90 minute documentary explores the critical role that our water infrastructure plays in protecting public health and promoting economic prosperity. The film viewing, at the Kenworthy theater, will begin with a reception and book sale of Drinking Water- A History, James Salzman. He is the keynote speaker at the October Palouse Basin Water Summit.
“Our Freshwater Future” Thursday, 9/19 presentation by Sandra Postel in the WSU CUB auditorium and 7 pm. She is a TEDx presenter. Details at http://environment.wsu.edu/lanelecture – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufQggKQ5u1Q.
We have finalized arrangements for a Nez Perce megaload blockaders benefit concert at the Unitarian Church in Moscow and will bring our plans to the Tribal Activist Meeting tonight (Sept. 5). The Friday, September 20, tentative performance schedule sees the Moscow Volunteer Peace Band (Fritz Knorr contact) marching from Friendship Square/(downtown loop?) at 6:30 pm, Jeanne McHale and the Threat Level Purple Singers playing at 7 pm, the Galactic Tofu Farmers (Chris Norden and Leontina Hormel contacts) taking the stage at 8 or 8:30 pm, and Undiscovered Country (Tom Drake contact) performing at 9:30 or 10 pm. For further information, contact Helen Yost at wild.idaho.rising.tide@gmail.com.
Draw the Line: Momentum has been gathering to have a forceful presence in support of the nation-wide “Draw the Line” campaign by 350.org to send a message that we oppose the Keystone XL pipeline – a decision by Obama is imminent. We will be doing photo petitions with an artificial pipeline both individually and in groups with as many people as possible, writing messages on a white board. We are engaging student groups from WSU and UI. There are ways you can help – let me know if you are willing.
Here is the link to our events:
http://act.350.org/event/draw_the_line/search/?akid=3543.591886.3aVyce&rd=1&t=3&zip=99163.
Draw the Line: Momentum has been gathering to have a forceful presence in support of the nation-wide “Draw the Line” campaign by 350.org to send a message that we oppose the Keystone XL pipeline – a decision by Obama is imminent. We will be doing photo petitions with an artificial pipeline both individually and in groups with as many people as possible, writing messages on a white board. We are engaging student groups from WSU and UI. There are ways you can help – let me know if you are willing.
Here is the link to our events:
http://act.350.org/event/draw_the_line/search/?akid=3543.591886.3aVyce&rd=1&t=3&zip=99163.
Elaine Alvey, a native of Kentucky, will give a presentation on “Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining in Appalachia”. She will discuss the process and impacts of mountain top removal for coal. Elaine is a WSU graduate student in the college of education. As an undergraduate at the University of Kentucky she explored the relationship between the coal industry and public education in Appalachia. This presentation is at 7 pm on Monday, September 23rd in room 103 of the Menard Law Building on the University of Idaho campus, with free parking nearby. The event is sponsored by the UI Environmental Law Society and the Palouse Environmental Sustainability Coalition.
