COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — The Spirit of Mount Spokane Forest Legacy Project is now permanently protecting more than 22,000 acres of privately owned forestland in North Idaho as the first phase of this project.
The Spirit of Mount Spokane Forest Legacy Project is a partnership between Trust for Public Land, Inland Empire Paper Company, Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) and the USDA Forest Service. This project will keep forestland safe and protected.
IDL says it will also help wildlife thrive and grow between Mount Spokane State Park and Idaho Endowment Trust lands. Moose, elk, deer, turkey, black bears and westslope cutthroat trout are some of the wildlife that will likely grow…